Sergeant York (1941)

Missiles! Jets! Tanks! ... It's still the guy with guts and a gun who wins the war!

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

Directed by: Howard Hawks

Written by: Alvin C. York, Howard E. Koch, Abem Finkel, John Huston

Music by: Max Steiner

Starring: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges, Margaret Wycherly, Ward Bond, Noah Beery Jr., June Lockhart, Dickie Moore

Genre: War, Drama, History

Released: 1941-09-27

Runtime: 134 minutes

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Sergeant York (1941): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• The American Film Institute ranked the film 57th in its 100 most inspirational American movies list; it also rated Alvin York 35th in its list of the top 50 heroes in American cinema.
• Sergeant York was a success at the box office and became the highest-grossing film of the year.
• The story that York insisted on Cooper for the title role comes from a telegram that producer Jesse L. Lasky wrote to Cooper pleading with him to accept the part, to which he signed York's name.

Source: Wikipedia

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