Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas

Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas
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Directed byLouis King
Written byJack Andrews (story)
Screenplay byJack Andrews
Edward E. Paramore Jr.
Story byJack Andrews
Produced byBryan Foy
Sol M. Wurtzel
StarringPhilip Dorn
Anna Sten
Shepperd Strudwick
Virginia Gilmore
Martin Kosleck
CinematographyGlen MacWilliams
Edited byAlfred Day
Music byHugo Friedhofer
Production
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Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • February 5, 1943 (1943-02-05)
Running time
73 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas is a war film made by Twentieth Century Fox in 1943. The film starred Philip Dorn, Anna Sten, and Martin Kosleck.

The film was originally titled The Seventh Column. It was directed by Louis King and is based on a story by Jack Andrews, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film was produced by Sol M. Wurtzel and Bryan Foy. The film was announced in Boxoffice magazine in the May 30, 1942 issue: "'The Seventh Column,' a story based on exploits of General Draža Mihailović, Yugoslav guerilla leader." The movie appears in the American Film Institute (AFI) catalogue for American feature films made between 1941–1950.[1]

The movie was advertised in an original print ad as follows:

"Announcing -- The most stirring picture released this year! Thrill follows thrill in this living drama...that flames out of today's electrifying headlines! This very moment...a Nazi troop train is being destroyed...! Live, love, fight with Draja Mihailovitch and his fighting guerrillas."