USA, 1941, Black and White, 134 min.
Awards/Nominations/Notes: (AAN)
Produced by: Warner Brothers
Genre(s)/keyword(s): biographical / war / historical / wwi
PLOT SUMMARY: A hillbilly sharpshooter becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI when he single-handedly attacks and captures a German position using the same strategy as in turkey shoot. (Summary written by Keith Loh {loh@sfu.ca})
Story of York's heroic return to the U.S. in 1919 (from Literary Digest, with picture).
Directed by
Howard Hawks (AAN)
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Gary Cooper (AA) .... Alvin C. York
Walter Brennan (S:AAN) .... Pastor Rosier Pile
Joan Leslie .... Gracie Williams
George Tobias .... Michael T. "Pusher" Ross
Stanley Ridges .... Major Buxton
Margaret Wycherly (S:AAN) .... Ma York
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Erville Alderson .... Nate Tomkins
Murray Alper .... Butt Boy
James Anderson .... Eb
Arthur Aylesworth .... Marten, the Bartender
Noah Beery Jr. .... Buck Lipscomb
Clem Bevans .... Zeke
Ward Bond .... Ike Botkin
David Bruce .... Bert Thomas
Lucia Carroll .... Saloon Girl
Lane Chandler .... Corporal Savage
Elisha Cook Jr. .... Piano Player
Howard Da Silva .... Lem
Jean Del Val .... Marshal Foch
Donald Douglas (I) .... Captain Tillman
Charles Drake .... Scorer
Roland Drew .... Officer
Charles Esmond .... German Major
Frank Faylen .... Butt Boy
Pat Flaherty .... Sergeant Harry Parsons
Jody Gilbert .... Fat Woman
Joseph W. Girard .... General Pershing
Kit Guard .... Bit part
William Haade .... Card Player
Creighton Hale .... AP Man
Russell Hicks .... General
George Irving .... Harrison
Jane Isbell .... Gracie's Sister
Selmer Jackson .... General Duncan
Si Jenks .... Bit part
Ed Keane .... Oscar of the Waldorf
Victor Kilian .... Andrews
Rita La Roy .... Saloon Girl
June Lockhart .... Rosie York
Frank Marlow .... Beardsley
Tully Marshall .... Uncle Lige
Charles Middleton .... Mountaineer
Dickie Moore .... George York
Frank Orth .... Drummer
Steve Gaylord Pendleton .... Scorer
Jack Pennick .... Corporal Cutting
Robert Porterfield .... Zeb Andrews
Joe Sawyer .... Sergeant Early
Harvey Stephens .... Captain Danforth
Kay Sutton .... Saloon Girl
Ray Teal .... Bit part
Charles Trowbridge .... Cordell Hull
Theodore Von Eltz .... Prison Camp Commander
Lasses White .... Luke, the Target Keeper
Frank Wilcox .... Sergeant
Guy Wilkerson .... Tom
Gig Young .... Soldier
Cinematography by
Sol Polito (AAN)
Music by
Max Steiner (D:AAN)
Written by
Harry Chandler (SO:AAN)
Abem Finkel (SO:AAN)
John Huston (SO:AAN)
Howard Koch (SO:AAN)
Tom Skeyhill (diary editor)
Alvin C. York (diary)
Production Design by
John Hughes (II) (AAN)
Film Editing by
William Holmes (AA)
Produced by
Jesse L. Lasky
Hal B. Wallis
Other crew
Arthur Edeson (battle sequence camera)
Leo F. Forbstein (musical director)
Hugo Friedhofer (orchestration)
Oliver S. Garretson (sound)
Donoho Hall (technical advisor)
Fred M. MacLean (set decorator)
Paul Walters (technical advisor)
Perc Westmore (make-up)
Captain F.A.R. William Yettes (technical advisor)
Cast and production information from The Internet Movie Database