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