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Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, [4] and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history.
Audie Murphy Audie Murphy (1925–1971) was born into a poor family in Texas and became a highly decorated American soldier who served with the United States Army in nine campaigns in Europe from 1942 to 1945. He was the recipient of the Medal of Honor for his combat heroism in World War II and received every American combat award for valor available from the Army at the time of his service ...
The film was based on a story by Louis Stevens. It was assigned to producer Ted Richmond at Universal for Audie Murphy in April 1951. [3] It was the first Western from Budd Boetticher, who later became famous for his work in the genre. [4] “I became a Western director because they thought I looked like one and they thought I rode better than ...
The Kid from Texas is a 1950 American Western film that was Audie Murphy's first Technicolor Western and the first feature film on Murphy's Universal-International Pictures contract. It was directed by Kurt Neumann and featured Gale Storm and Albert Dekker. [1]
Andrew Balkwill (born 24 March 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). [1] Originally with Central District , he and Ben Nelson were traded to Carlton for Brent Heaver at the end of the 1996 season.
To Hell and Back is a Technicolor and CinemaScope war film released in 1955. [4] It was directed by Jesse Hibbs and stars Audie Murphy as himself. It is based on the 1949 autobiography of the same name and is an account of Murphy's World War II experiences as a soldier in the U.S. Army. [5] The book was ghostwritten by his friend, David "Spec" McClure, who served in the U.S. Army's Signal ...
Battle at Bloody Beach is only the second Audie Murphy movie set in World War II, after his autobiographical To Hell and Back. [4] The film was shot on Santa Catalina Island [ 5 ] by Robert Lippert 's Associated Producers Incorporated and was released by 20th Century Fox . [ 6 ]
The Wild and the Innocent is a 1959 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Jack Sher and starring Audie Murphy and Sandra Dee, two inexperienced young people who get into trouble when they visit a town for the very first time. [1] The film was the final Universal-International film shot in CinemaScope.