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MPAA Rating - NR

Length:
    107 Minutes

Genre:
    War

Original Release Date:
    May 25, 2004

Director
    Jesse Hibbs

Cast
    Audie Murphy, Susan Kohner, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly, Gregg Palmer

 
Movie Summary
The highly variable Audie Murphy delivers his best screen performance as himself in Universals To Hell and Back. Based on the stars autobiography, this is the story of how Murphy became Americas most-decorated soldier during WW II. After dwelling a bit on Murphys hard-scrabble Texas upbringing, the story moves ahead to 1942, when, at 18, Audie joined the army. Within a year, he was a member of the 7th Army, serving in North Africa, Italy, France and ultimately Germany and Austria. One by one, the members of Murphys Company B are killed in the war, until only three men from the original company are left (the others appear at the finale as ghostly images, a standard visual cliché of 1950s war films). The bulk of the film is given over to Murphys conspicuous acts of combat bravery, and his killing of 240 enemy soldiers. Highlighted by excellent battle sequences, To Hell and Back is a serviceable tribute to a most complex individual. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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