The Red Ball Express
The Red Ball Express
Release: 1952-05-29
·Runtime: 83m
·★ 5.8
Action
Drama
War
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal International Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
George S. Patton
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur Space
as Colonel at Briefing (uncredited)
Charles Drake
as Partridge
Bubber Johnson
as Taffy
Yola d'Avril
as Barmaid (uncredited)
Michael Dale
as Mechanic (uncredited)
Douglas Evans
as Brigadier General at Briefing (uncredited)
Walter Reed
as Major (uncredited)
Jeff Chandler
as Lt. Campbell
Sidney Poitier
as Robertson
Jacqueline Duval
as Antoinette
Sidney Clute
as Military Police Captain (uncredited)
Davis Roberts
as McCord
John Hudson
as Tank Sergeant
Nan Boardman
as French Peasant Mother (uncredited)
Clark Howat
as Military Police Captain (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
as Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
Judith Braun
as Joyce
Jack Kelly
as Heyman
George Dee
as French Waiter (uncredited)
Bernard L. Montgomery
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard Negley
as Major General (uncredited)
Hugh O'Brian
as Wilson
Frank Chase
as Higgins
Howard Petrie
as General Gordon
Eugene Borden
as Dubois -- Antoinette's Father (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
as Col. Carter (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
as Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
Gregg Palmer
as Tank Lieutenant
George Barrows
as Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
as Engineer Captain (uncredited)
John Pickard
as Major (uncredited)
Alex Nicol
as Sgt. Kallek