Story of the military truck drivers who kept the Allied armies supplied in Europe during World War II.Story of the military truck drivers who kept the Allied armies supplied in Europe during World War II.Story of the military truck drivers who kept the Allied armies supplied in Europe during World War II.
Davis Roberts
- Pvt. Dave McCord
- (as Robert Davis)
Gregg Palmer
- Tank Lieutenant
- (as Palmer Lee)
Douglas Bank
- Mechanic
- (uncredited)
George Barrows
- Soldier in Bistro
- (uncredited)
Nan Boardman
- French Peasant Mother
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaLouis L'Amour's memoir, "Education of a Wandering Man", said this movie was actually based on his own war-time anecdotes. He was awarded two Bronze Star Medals while serving as an officer with the Red Ball Express.
- GoofsThe real Red Ball Express operated two separate roads for traffic (one going to the front and one for returning empty) Two-way traffic on a single road, as shown in the film , never occurred.
- Crazy creditsNo credits besides the title, seven minutes in the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005)
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RED BALL EXPRESS is alright I suppose . It's no masterpiece just a B war movie produced to be shown before a main feature . It involves a bunch of civilian truck drivers drafted into Uncle Sam's army in 1944 and it's those men who keep the allied front lines supplied . It's a rather predictable story of Americans fighting against Germans and where you think the most likable guy in the squad has bought the farm only for them to appear minutes later alive and well . Like I said very predictable
I guess somewhere the producers wanted to point out ( Though this would probably be known to an American audience in 1952 ) why every American war film made at the time always revolved around white American soldiers fighting . This was because the American army was segregated until 1947 and with very few exceptions black Americans didn't serve in the front lines . Despite the producers wanting to speak up fr the Black American war effort it looks painfully dated now since the blacks have lovely singing voices and sing in unison about beating Hitler which comes across as being very stereotypical and highly patronising and I doubt if a studio would be able to get away with this nowadays . Thankfully it serves to remind a wider audience in the 21st Century why war movie GIs are almost always white
I guess somewhere the producers wanted to point out ( Though this would probably be known to an American audience in 1952 ) why every American war film made at the time always revolved around white American soldiers fighting . This was because the American army was segregated until 1947 and with very few exceptions black Americans didn't serve in the front lines . Despite the producers wanting to speak up fr the Black American war effort it looks painfully dated now since the blacks have lovely singing voices and sing in unison about beating Hitler which comes across as being very stereotypical and highly patronising and I doubt if a studio would be able to get away with this nowadays . Thankfully it serves to remind a wider audience in the 21st Century why war movie GIs are almost always white
- Theo Robertson
- Nov 20, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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