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The Naked and the Dead ()

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Set during the Pacific War against the Japanese, this WW2 drama discerns between achieving one's mission at any cost versus preserving the lives under one's command and enforcing discipline through fear as opposed to mutual respect.
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Sgt. Sam Croft
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Lt. Robert Hearn
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Gen. Cummings
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Willa Mae aka Lily
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Mildred Croft
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Brown
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Gallagher
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Rhidges
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Roth
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Goldstein
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Red
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Woodrow 'Woody' Wilson
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Col. Dalleson (as Casey Adams)
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Capt. Mantelli (as John Berardino)
Edward McNally ...
Cohn
Greg Roman ...
Minetta
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Henry Amargo ...
Sgt. Julio Martinez (uncredited)
Alan Austin ...
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Jered Barclay ...
Corporal (uncredited)
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General (uncredited)
David Carlile ...
Patient (uncredited)
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Captain (uncredited)
Audrey Conti ...
Girl in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Jann Darlyn ...
Betty (uncredited)
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Master Sgt. - Dispatch Messenger (uncredited)
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Girl in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Lydia Goya ...
Stripper (uncredited)
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Shipboard Soldier (uncredited)
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General (uncredited)
Edwin Gregson ...
Pvt. Wyman, Dies of Snakebite (uncredited)
Val Hidey ...
Stripper (uncredited)
Robert Hosai ...
Japanese Prisoner (uncredited)
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Major (uncredited)
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Admiral (uncredited)
Taffy O'Neil ...
Stripper (uncredited)
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B-Girl (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Larry Sterling ...
Soldier (uncredited)
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Officer at Meeting (uncredited)
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Patient (uncredited)
Bruce Underhill ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Ralph Volkie ...
Bartender (uncredited)
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Girl in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
Sandy Wirth ...
Girl in Dream Sequence (uncredited)

Directed by

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Raoul Walsh

Written by

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Denis Sanders ... (screenplay) &
Terry Sanders ... (screenplay)
 
Norman Mailer ... (novel)

Produced by

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Paul Gregory ... producer

Music by

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Bernard Herrmann

Cinematography by

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Joseph LaShelle ... director of photography

Editing by

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Arthur P. Schmidt

Art Direction by

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Ted Haworth

Set Decoration by

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William L. Kuehl

Makeup Department

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Allan Snyder ... makeup supervisor

Production Management

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Joseph C. Behm ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Russell Saunders ... assistant director (as Russ Saunders)
Wes McAfee ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Tyrus Wong ... art department (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Robert B. Lee ... sound
Hal Barnes ... sound editor (uncredited)
John L. Bury ... recordist (uncredited)
Walter Feldman ... sound editor (uncredited)
John O. Young ... sound editor (uncredited)

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Ralph Webb ... special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Ronnie Rondell Jr. ... stunts (uncredited)
Bill M. Ryusaki ... stunts (uncredited)
Ted White ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Don Anderson ... camera operator (uncredited)
Richard Doran ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Anthony Ugrin ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Oscar Rodriguez ... wardrobe supervisor

Music Department

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Bernard Herrmann ... conductor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Marshall J. Wolins ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Raymond A. Klune ... production executive
Vernon F. Jones ... technical advisor (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In the Pacific during World War 2, the officers live a comfortable life with good food, good drink and good quarters. To them, war is a game which they know they will win and the common soldiers are the pawns on the board. When the campaign slows down, the Commander sends a squad to the top of a mountain behind enemy lines to report on the Japanese troop movements. The squad is commanded by a tough cynical Sergeant who takes no prisoners and even takes the gold from the teeth of the enemy dead. Before the mission starts, the lieutenant, who has had a cushy job due to a life of wealth and privilege, criticizes the Commander over his attitude towards the common soldier and is re-assigned to lead the squad. The veteran Sergeant wants to complete this mission as ordered, and he will do everything he can do to see that it is successful. Written by Tony Fontana

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Taglines The bigness and the boldness of the Naked and the Dead. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Les nus et les morts (France)
  • Los desnudos y los muertos (Spain)
  • Die Nackten und die Toten (West Germany)
  • Голи и мъртви (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • De nakne og de døde (Norway)
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  • 131 min
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Budget $3,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Norman Mailer, the author of the best-selling and critically acclaimed novel on which the film is based, was reported to have said it was the worst movie he had ever seen after viewing the film. See more »
Goofs A recon team would never be landed behind enemy lines in broad daylight, and from a large, noisy landing craft. Then after they land there is a lot of talking in their normal voices and all the yelling with the snake bite scene, they cross open ground in daylight, and they smoke, which can also be a giveaway. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014). See more »
Soundtracks Some Sunday Morning See more »
Quotes Lt. Robert Hearn: General... I've been thinking about what you said. Especially what you said about the power of fear and the fear of power. I never agreed with your point of view before, but I wasn't sure you were wrong. Now I'm sure. Two men carried me 18 miles through the jungle, a Baptist minister and a wandering Jew, but they didn't do it out of fear. They did it out of love. But they did something else besides save my life, they showed me something I've known all my life but I had forgotten. There's a spirit in man that'll survive all the reigns of terror and all the hardships. Man cannot achieve the authority of God. And no man, whether he's a politician or a general, should try. The spirit in man is God-like, eternal, indestructible.
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