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Sergeant York: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias. A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
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Prize-winning Tennessee marksman Alvin York, a recent convert to Christianity, finds himself torn between his non-violent beliefs and his desire to serve his country when recruited to fight in World War I. Kindly Major Buxton convinces York to engage in battle, where the pacifist's prowess with a rifle earns him honors as he continues to ...
Gary Cooper (handpicked for the role) stars at Sgt. Alvin York, a pacifist who becomes an unlikely hero in the First World War. Using his country-learned sharpshooting skills, the sarge attacks and captures a German position. The biggest drawback of "Sergeant York" is that it takes so long to gather steam.
Alvin C. York. Writer: Sergeant York. Alvin Cullum York was born in rural Pall Mall, Tennessee. Raised in the mountains, he learned to shoot guns when he was just a boy, becoming an expert with both a pistol and rifle before his teens.
First, York's share of the profits would be contributed to a Bible school York wanted to be built. Second, no cigarette-smoking actress could be chosen to play his wife. Third, only Gary Cooper could recreate his life on screen.
Sergeant York: Of God and Country: Directed by John Mulholland. With Michael Birdwell, Maria Cooper Janis, Joan Leslie, June Lockhart. Fine doc about the real Alvin C. York and how Warner got the rights to tell his fabulous story, actually York had to be convinced to allow it, due his stringent religious principles and how it was overcame along ...
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: Created by George W. Trendle, Fran Striker. With Dick Simmons, Yukon King, Vic Perrin, Rex. Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.
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