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During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group.
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Maj. Robinson
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Cpl. T.J. Everett
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Doctor
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Pvt. Finch
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Sgt. Mingo
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Pvt. Peter Moss
Cliff Clark ...
Col. Baker

Directed by

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Mark Robson

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Arthur Laurents ... (play)
 
Carl Foreman ... (screenplay)

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Stanley Kramer ... producer
Robert Stillman ... associate producer

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Dimitri Tiomkin

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Robert De Grasse ... (photography) (as Robert de Grasse)

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Harry Gerstad

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Rudolph Sternad

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Edward G. Boyle

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Gustaf Norin ... makeup supervisor (as Gus Norin)

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Clem Beauchamp ... production manager

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Ivan Volkman ... assistant director

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Jean L. Speak ... sound engineer (as Jean Speak)

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Jack Rabin ... special effects (as J.R. Rabin)

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Charles Burke ... camera operator (uncredited)
Morris Rosen ... grip (uncredited)
Frank Uecker ... gaffer (uncredited)
Scotty Welbourne ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Joe King ... wardrobe

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Manuel Emanuel ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Jester Hairston ... choral arranger (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert Taylor ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Dimitri Tiomkin ... musical director (uncredited)

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Don Weis ... script supervisor (uncredited)

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Eve Merriam ... poem
Don Weis ... dialogue director
Sally Hamilton ... executive secretary (uncredited)
Dale Tate ... title designer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island. Written by alfiehitchie

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Taglines Never has the screen entertained with such boldness! See more »
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Also Known As
  • High Noon (United States)
  • Je suis un nègre (France)
  • La demeure des braves (France)
  • Дом храбрости (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • Het huis der dapperen (Netherlands)
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  • 88 min
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Budget $375,000 (estimated)

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Trivia This was the first Hollywood movie to be officially be permitted to use the word "nigger" after The Emperor Jones (1933). Previously, the Hays Code had forbidden it since 1934. See more »
Goofs The Army Recon Team's helmets are fitted with manufactured camouflaged covers. In W.W.II, these were strictly a Marine Corps- issued item. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Dynamite Chicken (1971). See more »
Soundtracks (Sometimes I Feel Like a) Motherless Child See more »
Crazy Credits The initial credits play over actual footage of battles from the Pacific campaign. See more »
Quotes Mingo: Yeah, I'll never forget the first letter I got from my wife. It started, "My darling, darling, darling, I'll never again use the word 'love' without thinking only of you." And I remember the last one I got from her. It started, "Dear T.J., this is the hardest letter I've ever had to write."
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