A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun (1945) starring Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Sterling Holloway, George Tyne, John Ireland. A platoon of American GIs land on the beach in Italy and commence to walk to a rendezvous point, a farm house six miles inland. The farm house is occupied by Germans, and the Americans must take it away from them and blow a nearby bridge. This is a fairly routine World War II combat action movie, but with lots of screen time devoted to developing the relationships among the men. It probably resonated a lot more strongly in 1945, when the film was released. (English subtitles are available on the disc.) Grade: B