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The Red Ball Express

6.019521h 23mNRMovieActionDramaWar

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.

DirectorBudd Boetticher
WritersJohn Michael Hayes·Marcy Klauber
ProducerAaron Rosenberg

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Cast · Directed by Budd Boetticher

JCJeff Chandler
Jeff Chandler
Lt. Campbell
ANAlex Nicol
Alex Nicol
Sgt. Kallek
CDCharles Drake
Charles Drake
Partridge
JBJudith Braun
Judith Braun
Joyce
SPSidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Robertson
JDJacqueline Duval
Jacqueline Duval
Antoinette
BJBubber Johnson
Bubber Johnson
Taffy
DRDavis Roberts
Davis Roberts
McCord
HOHugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian
Wilson
FCFrank Chase
Frank Chase
Higgins
CG
Cindy Garner
Kitty
GPGregg Palmer
Gregg Palmer
Tank Lieutenant

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