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Originally intended as a musical, it was filmed as a straight comedy-drama, directed by John Ford and released by 20th Century Fox on August 22, 1952, in the U.S. The screenplay was written by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, and stars James Cagney and Dan Dailey as US Marines in World War I.
Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top sergeant. And when a local beauty comes between them, their rivalry escalates even further.
May 11, 2021 · Movie Review: What Price Glory (1952) WARNING: SPOILERS. “I believe that every time you remake a picture, there must be a specific reason why you do that,” producer Darryl Zanuck once said. Zanuck had a specific reason for remaking “What Price Glory.”. The 1926 original, based on a popular 1924 play, was from a previous era of ...
What Price Glory: Directed by John Ford. With James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey, William Demarest. The wartime romantic misadventures of Captain Flagg, commander of a company of US Marines in 1918 France.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- John Ford
- 1953-01-28
WHAT PRICE GLORY (1952) USA, colour, 106m. Directed by John Ford. Inspired by a 1924 Smash Hit Broadway play by Maxwell Anderson and Lawrence Stallings, that was made as a 1926 silent film by Raoul Walsh. This World War I film has Jimmy Cagney, Dan Dailey and Corinne Calvet in the middle.
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- 20th Century Fox
- John Ford
U.S. Marine sergeants Quirt and Flagg are inveterate romantic rivals on peacetime assignments in China and the Philippines. In 1917, W.W. I brings them to France, where Flagg, now a captain, takes up with flirtatious Charmaine, inn-keeper's daughter. Of course, Quirt has to arrive and spoil his fun.
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Originally intended as a musical, it was filmed as a straight comedy-drama, directed by John Ford and released by 20th Century Fox on August 22, 1952, in the U.S. The screenplay was written by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, and stars James Cagney and Dan Dailey as US Marines in World War I.
