The Red Ball Express

The Red Ball Express
1952ActionDramaWar83 mins

Plot

August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route... read more

  • Budd Boetticher

    Director

  • Marcy Klauber

    Story

  • William Grady Jr.

    Story

  • John Michael Hayes

    Screenplay

  • Maury Gertsman

    Director of Photography

  • Edward Curtiss

    Editor

  • Jeff Chandler

    Lt. Campbell

  • Alex Nicol

    Sgt. Kallek

  • Charles Drake

    Partridge

  • Judith Braun

    Joyce

  • Sidney Poitier

    Robertson

  • Jacqueline Duval

    Antoinette

  • Bubber Johnson

    Taffy

  • Davis Roberts

    McCord

  • Hugh O'Brian

    Wilson

  • Frank Chase

    Higgins

  • Cindy Garner

    Kitty

  • Gregg Palmer

    Tank Lieutenant

  • John Hudson

    Tank Sergeant

  • Jack Kelly

    Heyman

  • Howard Petrie

    General Gordon

  • Douglas Bank

    Mechanic (uncredited)

  • George S. Patton

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • George Barrows

    Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)

  • Nan Boardman

    French Peasant Mother (uncredited)

  • Eugene Borden

    Dubois -- Antoinette's Father (uncredited)

  • Forrest Burns

    Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Sidney Clute

    Military Police Captain (uncredited)

  • Yola d'Avril

    Barmaid (uncredited)

  • Michael Dale

    Mechanic (uncredited)

  • Robert Dane

    Guard (uncredited)

  • George Dee

    French Waiter (uncredited)

  • Harold Dyrenforth

    German Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Douglas Evans

    Brigadier General at Briefing (uncredited)

  • Joe Freiden

    Tanker (uncredited)

  • David Friedman

    Mechanic (uncredited)

  • Richard F. Gaston

    Tank Corporal (uncredited)

  • Thomas Browne Henry

    Col. Carter (uncredited)

  • Bill Hickman

    Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)

  • Don Hicks

    Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)

  • Clark Howat

    Military Police Captain (uncredited)

  • Jack Hyde

    MP Lieutenant (uncredited)

  • Robert Karnes

    Engineer Captain (uncredited)

  • Syl Lamont

    Jones (uncredited)

  • Harry Lauter

    Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)

  • Tommy Long

    Guard (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    83 minutes

    Released

    1952-05-29

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Universal International Pictures

    Updated

    38 days ago

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