Guadalcanal Diary
27/10/1943
2h

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


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)
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)
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