Summary Sergeant "Hap" Doan, heartbroken that the Nineteenth Cavalry, in which he has served for so many years, is to be mechanized and replenished with twenty recent draftees, goes on a drinking spree. He rails about leaving the Army, but is there when the draftees arrive, ready to make good soldiers out of them. After his horse, Cantigny, is killed by the explosion of a tank that had been sabotaged by Nazi agents, he goes AWOL, and is court-martialed upon his return and given a dishonorable discharge. But he is under secret orders from his commanding officer to join the gang of German spies who have every reason to believe they can trust the disgruntled ex-sergeant.. View more details
Directed : Richard Thorpe S. Sylvan Simon
Written : Cyril Hume Lawrence Kimble
Stars : Wallace Beery Lewis Stone George Bancroft Marjorie Main
Genres : Drama War
Release date : Dec 16, 1942
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production companies : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Summary Sergeant "Hap" Doan, heartbroken that the Nineteenth Cavalry, in which he has served for so many years, is to be mechanized and replenished with twenty recent draftees, goes on a drinking spree. He rails about leaving the Army, but is there when the draftees arrive, ready to make good soldiers out of them. After his horse, Cantigny, is killed by the explosion of a tank that had been sabotaged by Nazi agents, he goes AWOL, and is court-martialed upon his return and given a dishonorable discharge. But he is under secret orders from his commanding officer to join the gang of German spies who have every reason to believe they can trust the disgruntled ex-sergeant.. View more details
Genres : Drama War
Release date : Dec 16, 1942
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production companies : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
