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The Devil's Brigade

Title
The Devil's Brigade (2024)
The Devil's Brigade
Year
2024
Catalog
Genre
War
IMDB
Rating
6.4 from 10 with total 42 votes
Premiere
1968-05-15
Runtime
130 minutes
Description
1968 American war film about the formation and first mission of the joint Canadian-American WWII special forces winter and mountain unit formally called 1st Special Service Force, but commonly known as “The Devil’s Brigade”. The film dramatises the Brigade\'s first mission in the Italian Campaign, the task of capturing the German mountain stronghold Monte la Difensa, in December 1943. The film is based on the 1966 book of the same name, co-written by American novelist and historian Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton, a member of the brigade.
Cast

William Holden character Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick

Cliff Robertson character Major Alan Crown

Vince Edwards character Major Cliff Bricker

Andrew Prine character Pvt. Theodore Ransom

Jeremy Slate character Sgt. Pat O'Neill

Claude Akins character Pvt. Rocky Rockman

Jack Watson character Cpl. Peacock

Richard Jaeckel character Pvt. Omar Greco

Bill Fletcher character Pvt. Bronc Guthrie

Richard Dawson character Pvt. Hugh MacDonald

Tom Troupe character Pvt. Al Manella

Luke Askew character Pvt. Hubert Hixon

Jean-Paul Vignon character Pvt. Henri Laurent

Tom Stern character Capt. Cardwell

Harry Carey, Jr. character Capt. Rose

Michael Rennie character Lt. Gen. Maxwell Hunter

Carroll O'Connor character Maj. Gen. Maxwell Hunter

Dana Andrews character Brig. Gen. Walter Naylor