The Fighting Sullivans (1944)

6.3/10 112 min Drama History War

Overview

The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are chronicled in this film based on a true story.

Cast

Anne Baxter

Katherine Mary Sullivan

Thomas Mitchell

Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan

Selena Royle

Mrs. Alleta Sullivan

Edward Ryan

Albert Leo 'Al' Sullivan

Trudy Marshall

Genevieve 'Gen' Sullivan

James Cardwell

George Thomas Sullivan

John Alvin

Madison Abel 'Matt' Sullivan

George Offerman, Jr.

Joesph Eugene 'Joe' Sullivan

Roy Roberts

Father Francis

Ward Bond

Lt. Cmdr. Robinson

Bobby Driscoll

Al, as a child (uncredited)

Mary McCarty

Gladys (uncredited)

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