| Guadalcanal Diary | |
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| Directed by | Lewis Seiler |
| Screenplay by | Lamar Trotti Jerome Cady |
| Based on | the book by Richard Tregaskis |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Starring | Preston Foster Lloyd Nolan William Bendix Richard Conte Anthony Quinn Richard Jaeckel |
| Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
| Edited by | Fred Allen |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.7 million (US rentals)[2] or $3 million[3] |
Guadalcanal Diary is a 1943 World War II war film directed by Lewis Seiler, featuring Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn and the film debut of Richard Jaeckel. It is based on the book of the same name by Richard Tregaskis.
The film recounts the fight of the United States Marines in the Battle of Guadalcanal, which occurred only a year before the movie's release. While the film has notable battle scenes, its primary focus is on the characters and back stories of the Marines. The film adapted the story of the Goettge Patrol, led by Lieutenant Colonel Frank Goettge.
The movie was produced by Bryan Foy, who also produced Berlin Correspondent (1942), Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943), and PT 109 (1963).
- ^ Hanson, Patricia King, ed. (1999). American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1941-1950. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 948. ISBN 0-520-21521-4.
- ^ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 220