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Guadalcanal Diary

Guadalcanal Diary1943

★5.693 minActionWarDrama

Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.

Director

Writer

Score

Stars

Preston Foster Lloyd Nolan William Bendix

Cast34

Preston Foster
as Father Donnelly
Lloyd Nolan
as Sgt. Hook Malone
William Bendix
as Corp. Taxi Potts
Richard Conte
as Capt. Davis
Anthony Quinn
as Jesus ('Soose') Alverez
Richard Jaeckel
as Pvt. Johnny ('Chicken') Anderson
Roy Roberts
as Capt. Jame Cross
Minor Watson
as Col Wallace E. Grayson
Ralph Byrd
as Ned Rowman
Lionel Stander
as Sgt. Butch
Reed Hadley
as War Correspondent/ Narrator
John Archer
as Lt. Thurmond
Eddie Acuff
as Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy (uncredited)
Warren Ashe
as Col. Morton (uncredited)
M
Marion Carl
as Marine Pilot (uncredited)
Harry Carter
as Dispatch Officer (uncredited)
T
Tom Dawson
as Captain (uncredited)
Jason Evers
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Walter Fenner
as Col. Roper (uncredited)
Glenn Ford
as Marine Extra (uncredited)
R
Robert Ford
as Marine (uncredited)
P
Paul Fung
as Japanese Prisoner (uncredited)
Fred Graham
as Marine Listening to Baseball Game on Radio (uncredited)
L
Louis Hart
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
George Holmes
as Marine (uncredited)
R
Russell Hoyt
as Marine (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
as Col. Thompson (uncredited)
A
Allen Jung
as Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Charles Lang
as Marine (uncredited)
Jack Luden
as Major (uncredited)
Miles Mander
as Weatherby (uncredited)
D
David Peters
as Marine (uncredited)
B
Bob Rose
as Sammy Kline (uncredited)
L
Larry Thompson
as Chaplain (uncredited)

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