The Red Ball Express
FROM BEACHHEAD TO BATTLEFRONT! THEY CARRY THE AMMO FOR PATTON'S TANKS!
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.
Director Budd Boetticher
Trailer
Cast
Davis Roberts
McCord
George Barrows
Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Major General (uncredited)
Hugh O'Brian
Wilson
Michael Dale
Mechanic (uncredited)
Douglas Evans
Brigadier General at Briefing (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
Sidney Poitier
Robertson
Frank Chase
Higgins
Gregg Palmer
Tank Lieutenant
Jack Kelly
Heyman
Howard Petrie
General Gordon
Thomas Browne Henry
Col. Carter (uncredited)
George S. Patton
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nan Boardman
French Peasant Mother (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
Barmaid (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
Engineer Captain (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Major (uncredited)
Judith Braun
Joyce
Jacqueline Duval
Antoinette
Eugene Borden
Dubois -- Antoinette's Father (uncredited)
George Dee
French Waiter (uncredited)
David Friedman
Mechanic (uncredited)
Clark Howat
Military Police Captain (uncredited)
Jeff Chandler
Lt. Campbell
Charles Drake
Partridge
Bubber Johnson
Taffy
Sidney Clute
Military Police Captain (uncredited)
John Pickard
Major (uncredited)
Arthur Space
Colonel at Briefing (uncredited)
Alex Nicol
Sgt. Kallek
John Hudson
Tank Sergeant
Bernard L. Montgomery
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)