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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.
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.
Murphy spent the next year and a half trying to raise additional funds for completion and post-production. Two of Murphy's sons made their motion picture debut appearing in small roles in the film, [1] with Murphy's long term Associate Willard Willingham playing Frank James. Boetticher later said "Audie got in real trouble with some people in ...
The film also features Gary Crosby and introduces Alejandro Rey. 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]
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 40 Guns to Apache Pass: William Witney: Audie Murphy, Kenneth Tobey, Laraine Stephens: Western: Columbia: The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin: James Neilson
The Duel at Silver Creek is a 1952 American Western film directed by Don Siegel; his first film in the Western genre. It starred Stephen McNally , Audie Murphy and Faith Domergue . [ 2 ] It was the first time Murphy had appeared in a film where he played a character who was good throughout the movie. [ 3 ]
The making of this film is the subject of Lillian Ross's 1952 book Picture, originally in The New Yorker. The American Civil War film is a sparse but faithful retelling of the story, incorporating narration from the text to move the plot forward. Audie Murphy, a hero of World War II who
Clint Stewart (Audie Murphy) is a Confederate war hero who has gone out West to join a renegade band, Quantrill's Raiders, and ends up captured by the law.Sent to prison with his friend Willie Martin (), for riding with Quantrill (Fred Graham), the two go along with a jailbreak plan masterminded by former U.S. Army Captain Andrews (Buster Crabbe), who now heads the Arizona Rangers, to grant ...