Battleground

Directed by William A. Wellman

Written by Robert Pirosh, Robert Pirosh

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.

Cast

Van Johnson

Holley

John Hodiak

Jarvess

Ricardo Montalban

Roderigues

George Murphy

'Pop' Stazak

Marshall Thompson

Jim Layton

Jerome Courtland

Abner Spudler

Don Taylor

Standiferd

Bruce Cowling

Wolowicz

James Whitmore

Kinnie

Douglas Fowley

'Kipp' Kippton

Leon Ames

The Chaplain

Herbert Anderson

Hansan