Guadalcanal Diary

Plot

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

  • Lewis Seiler

    Director

  • Richard Tregaskis

    Novel

  • Lamar Trotti

    Screenplay

  • Jerome Cady

    Adaptation

  • Fred Allen

    Editor

  • Preston Foster

    Father Donnelly

  • Lloyd Nolan

    Sgt. Hook Malone

  • William Bendix

    Corp. Taxi Potts

  • Richard Conte

    Capt. Davis

  • Anthony Quinn

    Jesus ('Soose') Alverez

  • Richard Jaeckel

    Pvt. Johnny ('Chicken') Anderson

  • Roy Roberts

    Capt. Jame Cross

  • Minor Watson

    Col Wallace E. Grayson

  • Ralph Byrd

    Ned Rowman

  • Lionel Stander

    Sgt. Butch

  • Reed Hadley

    War Correspondent/ Narrator

  • John Archer

    Lt. Thurmond

  • Eddie Acuff

    Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy (uncredited)

  • Warren Ashe

    Col. Morton (uncredited)

  • Martin Black

    Marine (uncredited)

  • Marion Carl

    Marine Pilot (uncredited)

  • Harry Carter

    Dispatch Officer (uncredited)

  • Tom Dawson

    Captain (uncredited)

  • Jason Evers

    Bit Role (uncredited)

  • Walter Fenner

    Col. Roper (uncredited)

  • Glenn Ford

    Marine Extra (uncredited)

  • Robert Ford

    Marine (uncredited)

  • Paul Fung

    Japanese Prisoner (uncredited)

  • Fred Graham

    Marine Listening to Baseball Game on Radio (uncredited)

  • Louis Hart

    Lieutenant (uncredited)

  • George Holmes

    Marine (uncredited)

  • Russell Hoyt

    Marine (uncredited)

  • Selmer Jackson

    Col. Thompson (uncredited)

  • Allen Jung

    Japanese Officer (uncredited)

  • Charles Lang

    Marine (uncredited)

  • Jack Luden

    Major (uncredited)

  • Miles Mander

    Weatherby (uncredited)

  • David Peters

    Marine (uncredited)

  • Bob Rose

    Sammy Kline (uncredited)

  • Larry Thompson

    Chaplain (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    93 minutes

    Released

    1943-10-27

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    20th Century Fox

    Sound

  • David Buttolph

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    37 days ago

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