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Audie Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was a highly decorated American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient who turned actor. He portrayed himself in the film To Hell and Back, the account of his World War II experiences. During the 1950s and 1960s he was cast primarily in westerns.
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 ]
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.
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 ...
Cast a Long Shadow Theatrical release poster Directed by Thomas Carr Screenplay by Martin Goldsmith (as Martin M. Goldsmith) John McGreevey Story by Martin Goldsmith (as Martin M Goldsmith) Based on novel by Wayne D. Overholser Produced by Walter Mirisch (as Walter M. Mirisch) Starring Audie Murphy Terry Moore Cinematography Wilfred M. Cline Music by Gerald Fried Color process Black and white ...
The film has come to be regarded as one of Murphy's best movies, with its fans including director Joe Dante. [5] Film writer Jeff Stafford stated that, "unlike most of Murphy's earlier Westerns, No Name on the Bullet has a philosophical edge, which makes it closer in tone to Ingmar Bergman 's The Seventh Seal (1957) than a six-gun oater like ...
The film was written by Audie Murphy's friend Willard W. Willingham and his wife. Willingham had appeared in many of Murphy's films (playing Trooper Fuller in this one) as a stand in, stuntman and occasional actor as well as writing several of his films. [3] It was filmed in 1966 in Red Rock Canyon State Park (California) and Lancaster ...
In a small town in 1880s Colorado, a gang of outlaws led by Drago (Morgan Woodward) rob a train and kidnap a saloon singer, Uvalde (Joan Staley).Determined to chase them down, the sheriff, Chad Lucas (Audie Murphy), forms a posse which includes Uvalde's fiancé, Nate Harlan (Warren Stevens), Mark Emerson, Nicos, and Lucas's deputy Cap (Denver Pyle) – who is secretly in league with the outlaws.