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Starring: Dana Andrews,  Richard Conte,  George Tyne,  John Ireland,  Lloyd Bridges, 
Directed By: Lewis Milestone, 
Rated: Unrated
Release Date: 1945-12-25
Studio: Tgg Direct
Format: Black & White,  NTSC, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about A Walk in the Sun

Amazon.com
Alongside larger-scaled epics, this 1945 drama looks modest, but director Lewis Milestone achieves a gritty realism that is ultimately closer to the truth of combat. A World War I veteran, Milestone had already created a classic war film--and powerful antiwar statement--in 1930's All Quiet on the Western Front, focusing on German troops in the trenches during "the Great War." For obvious reasons, A Walk in the Sun views the action from the perspective of American troops, but Milestone and a strong cast headed by Dana Andrews and Richard Conte prove remarkably clear-eyed in this chronicle of a platoon moving through the Italian countryside following the successful, but bloody, invasion of Italy. There's little of the cheerleading fervor or reflexive demonizing of the enemy visible in other films from the period; instead, the men's treacherous odyssey captures the sense of random chaos as their bucolic trek is interrupted by sudden skirmishes. We're shown the deep bonds forged between the soldiers, the loss of innocence that is the inevitable price of combat experience, and the capricious fates that can spare one soldier while exterminating another. Milestone would extend his mastery of wartime fiction to include the Korean War, captured in the equally fine, equally sobering Pork Chop Hill. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews for A Walk in the Sun

So much promise, but a big dud.
A laughable attempt to make put realism in a war movie. The soldiers dumbly keep flocking together in middle of enemy terrority , sheepishly walk out in the open while under fire , ask dumb questions , make half dumb attempts at witt , act serious and dumb at the same time , are amazed with each other over dumb things. The only ones dumber are the germans who must of had ear plugs to avoid listening to the dumb music score and that trick let the american soldiers talk loudly as they pleased. The only ones dumber then actors must be the director and producers of this dumb movie.A Walk in the Sun

One Day in the War
This film is adapted from the book by Harry Brown about the experiences of infantrymen. The US Armed Forces provided support for this film. Soldiers are on a landing barge preparing to invade Italy in 1943. The lieutenant looked over the top when a shell burst and wounded him. The sergeant is now in command. The conversations tell about each soldier. They are being sent 6 miles inland to capture a farmhouse. The men grumble and complain when waiting. The sun comes up and they are still waiting. They move into the trees to hide from enemy airplanes. The smoke and explosions signify the action in the background. An airplane strafes the woods and hits some of the men. The men chatter about things to avoid discussing their condition.

Sergeant Porter has a problem and can't go on. An enemy armored car comes down the road. They will use grenades to attack it when it returns. The bazookas are used for tanks. The grenades break the tread of the armored car and disable it. They continue walking towards that farmhouse. They assemble behind the stone wall. The machine gun in the farmhouse fires a burst. "Windy" says they should circle around by the wall and blow-up the bridge and ignore the farmhouse [the indirect approach]. They synchronize their attack on the farmhouse. The charge against the machine guns and take the farmhouse. "It was so easy."

This bowdlerized version may be as realistic as Hollywood could be for a war movie. Very little happens until there is much action. ["A walk in the sun" was a phrase for an easy job.] The film follows the book, except the plane that strafes the woods looks like a P-51, not the ME-110A Walk in the Sun

Oustanding
This is the first video I purchased, back when tapes first became available. I remembered the movie from the theater presentation. Truly an outstanding flick.
The medic was the voice for the recording ""Peter and the Wolf" among and cartoon features.
A Walk in the Sun

A Classic That Deserves Better
I bought the video hoping to see a classic, which I did. The story was wonderful, both poignant and realistic. I loved every moment, but this film deserves better than the copies I have viewed. Not one of them does it justice. Grainyness, skipping, uncoordination of sound and video make viewing difficult. Come on AFI and the big studios, you could really make this film a gem. Time to step up and restore it to its former glory.A Walk in the Sun

Dear Francis........this is a classic

Sicily...WWII...GI's against the Germans.
Amazing. Over 60 years old and it still "holds up".
It's got a cast that endured for decades as some the finest character actors on the Silver Screen. But more than that its got a script with some delicious dialogue delivering a melodramatic glimpse of a rather insignificant platoon attacking an enemy occupied farmhouse.
Superb Continuity and Editing.
A B&W production that never cries for color.
See it...and then consider what you didn't see.
Brilliant.
A Walk in the Sun