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[©1989]
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1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
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Videocassette release of the 1953 motion picture
Drama about life in the Army in the days prior to World War II. Shows the effect of Army discipline on an individualistic former boxing champion who defies the attempts of officers and men to break him when he refuses to fight on the company's boxing team. Includes actual scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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Based on the novel by James Jones
Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; film editor, William Lyon ; musical director, Morris Stoloff
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine
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Academy Awards for best picture, supporting actor, supporting actress, directing, writing, cinematography, film editing and sound