The Red Ball Express
29/05/1952
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.
Movie Information
Jeff Chandler
as Lt. Campbell
Alex Nicol
as Sgt. Kallek
Charles Drake
as Partridge
Judith Braun
as Joyce
Sidney Poitier
as Robertson
Jacqueline Duval
as Antoinette
Bubber Johnson
as Taffy
Davis Roberts
as McCord
Hugh O'Brian
as Wilson
Frank Chase
as Higgins
Cindy Garner
as Kitty
Gregg Palmer
as Tank Lieutenant
John Hudson
as Tank Sergeant
Jack Kelly
as Heyman
Howard Petrie
as General Gordon
Douglas Bank
as Mechanic (uncredited)
George S. Patton
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Barrows
as Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
Nan Boardman
as French Peasant Mother (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
as Dubois -- Antoinette's Father (uncredited)
Forrest Burns
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Sidney Clute
as Military Police Captain (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril
as Barmaid (uncredited)
Michael Dale
as Mechanic (uncredited)
Robert Dane
as Guard (uncredited)
George Dee
as French Waiter (uncredited)
Harold Dyrenforth
as German Sergeant (uncredited)
Douglas Evans
as Brigadier General at Briefing (uncredited)
Joe Freiden
as Tanker (uncredited)
David Friedman
as Mechanic (uncredited)
Richard F. Gaston
as Tank Corporal (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
as Col. Carter (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
as Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
Don Hicks
as Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
Clark Howat
as Military Police Captain (uncredited)
Jack Hyde
as MP Lieutenant (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
as Engineer Captain (uncredited)
Syl Lamont
as Jones (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
as Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
Tommy Long
as Guard (uncredited)
Roger McGee
as Sergeant (uncredited)
James McLaughlin
as First Sergeant (uncredited)
Peter Michael
as German Corporal (uncredited)
Bernard L. Montgomery
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard Negley
as Major General (uncredited)
Murray Olshansky
as Tank Private (uncredited)
John Pickard
as Major (uncredited)
Walter Reed
as Major (uncredited)
Ted Ryan
as Sgt. Gorio (uncredited)
Leonard Schneider
as Radio Operator (uncredited)
Emmett Smith
as Military Police (uncredited)
Richard Solito
as German Officer (uncredited)
Arthur Space
as Colonel at Briefing (uncredited)
Gordon Walsh
as Tanker (uncredited)
