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The Naked and the Dead

1958
2h 11m
Drama/War
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Cast

Aldo Ray (Sgt. Sam Croft)Cliff Robertson (Lt. Robert Hearn)Raymond Massey (Gen. Cummings)Lili St. Cyr (Willa Mae aka Lily)Barbara Nichols (Mildred Croft)William Campbell (Brown)Richard Jaeckel (Gallagher)James Best (Rhidges)Joey Bishop (Roth)Jerry Paris (Goldstein)Robert Gist (Red)L.Q. Jones (Woodrow 'Woody' Wilson)Max Showalter (Col. Dalleson)John Beradino (Capt. Mantelli)Edward McNally (Cohn)Greg Roman (Minetta)Henry Amargo (Sgt. Julio Martinez)Alan Austin (Lieutenant)

Director

Raoul Walsh

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Synopsis

Set during the Pacific War against the Japanese, this WW2 drama discerns between achieving one's mission at any cost versus preserving the lives under one's command and enforcing discipline through fear as opposed to mutual respect.

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