Battle Cry (film)

Battle Cry
Battle Cry DVD cover
Directed byRaoul Walsh
Screenplay byLeon Uris
Based onBattle Cry
1953 novel
by Leon Uris
Produced byJack L. Warner
Raoul Walsh
Starring
Narrated byJames Whitmore
CinematographySidney Hickox
Edited byWilliam H. Ziegler
Music byMax Steiner
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • March 12, 1955 (1955-03-12)
Running time
149 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Navajo
Box office$8 million (US/ Canada rentals)[1]

Battle Cry is a 1955 Warnercolor film, starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, James Whitmore, Tab Hunter, Nancy Olson, Anne Francis, Dorothy Malone, Raymond Massey, and Mona Freeman in CinemaScope. The film is based on the 1953 novel by former Marine Leon Uris, who also wrote the screenplay, and was produced and directed by Raoul Walsh. The film was shot at Camp Pendleton, California, and featured a large amount of cooperation from the United States Marine Corps.

  1. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956