To Hell and Back

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To Hell and Back ★★½ 1955

Adaptation of Audie Murphy's autobiography. Murphy plays himself, from his upbringing as the son of Texas sharecroppers to his Army career in WWII, where he was the most-decorated American soldier. Murphy won more than 20 medals, including the Congressional Medal of Honor. Features realistic battle sequences punctuated with grand heroics. 106m/C VHS, DVD . Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Jack Kelly, Charles Drake, Gregg (Hunter) Palmer, Paul Picerni, David Janssen, Bruce Cowling, Paul Langton, Art Aragon, Felix Noriego, Denver Pyle, Brett Halsey, Susan Kohner, Anabel Shaw, Mary Field, Gordon Gebert, Rand Brooks, Richard Castle, Gen. Walter Bedell Smith; D: Jesse Hibbs; W: Gil Doud; C: Maury Gertsman; M: Henry Mancini.

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