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What Price Glory?

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2hrs 0min

Genres:

Comedy,War

Release:

1952

Director:

John Ford

Distributor:

20th Century Fox

Starring:

James Cagney, Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet ...more

Synopsis: James Cagney signed on to play Captain Flagg in 20th Century Fox's 1952 remake of the 1926 classic What Price Glory after being told that the old property was being converted into a musical. By the time Cagney learned that Fox had no intention of adding songs and dances to the venerable Maxwell Anderson/Laurence Stallings stage piece, it was too late to pull out, so he decided to grin (sometimes) and bear it. Under the direction of John Ford, the potent anti-war message of the original play is blunted, ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review The idea of making a musical out of What Price Glory? -- as was the original intent -- is very strange, but it might have made for a more interesting film. Director John Ford rebelled against the idea (although there are a few brief musical moments that remain in the finished product), but he didn't come up with a fresh new take on the material that justified remaking it in the first place. Instead, ... Full Review

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	James Cagney Capt. Flagg Dan Dailey Sgt. Quirt Corinne Calvet Charmaine William Demarest Corporal Kiper

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