The Naked and the Dead (1958)

Directed by

Raoul Walsh

Genre

war film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of American soldiers on a Pacific island during World War II face the physical and psychological strains of combat and leadership. The story follows their mission and clashes within the platoon hierarchy.

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What happens

The Naked and the Dead is a 1958 American war film produced by RKO Radio Pictures and released by Warner Bros. Starring Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, and Raymond Massey, it was directed by Raoul Walsh and based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Norman Mailer. The screenplay was written by brothers Denis and Terry Sanders, and the film was shot in Panama on Technicolor film. It is one of the last films made by RKO before the studio's closure, and the last film that Walsh directed for Warner Bros. Lili St. Cyr and Barbara Nichols appear in support. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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