Home of the Brave (1949 film)

Home of the Brave
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Robson
Screenplay by	Carl Foreman
Based on	Home of the Brave 1945 play by Arthur Laurents
Produced by	Stanley Kramer Robert Stillman
Starring	Douglas Dick Frank Lovejoy James Edwards Steve Brodie Jeff Corey Lloyd Bridges
Cinematography	Robert De Grasse
Edited by	Harry W. Gerstad
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production company	Stanley Kramer Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	May 12, 1949 (1949-05-12) (United States)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$370,000[1] or $235,000[2]
Box office	$2.5 million[1][3]

Home of the Brave is a 1949 American war film based on a 1946 play by Arthur Laurents. It was directed by Mark Robson, and stars Douglas Dick, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Frank Lovejoy, James Edwards, and Steve Brodie. The original play featured the protagonist being Jewish, rather than black. The National Board of Review named the film the eighth best of 1949. The film takes its name from the last line of the "Star Spangled Banner" "And the home of the brave?"

Home of the Brave managed to combine three of the top film genres of 1949: the war film, the psychological drama, and the problems of African-Americans. The film utilizes the recurrent theme of a diverse group of men being subjected to the horror of war and their individual reactions, in this case, to the hell of jungle combat against the Japanese in World War II.