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Guadalcanal Diary

Genres
Action
War
Drama
Rating
5.6
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date1943-10-27
Runtime93 mins

Overview

Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.

Cast & Crew

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Preston Foster

as Father Donnelly

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Lloyd Nolan

as Sgt. Hook Malone

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William Bendix

as Corp. Taxi Potts

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Richard Conte

as Capt. Davis

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Anthony Quinn

as Jesus ('Soose') Alverez

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Richard Jaeckel

as Pvt. Johnny ('Chicken') Anderson

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Roy Roberts

as Capt. Jame Cross

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Minor Watson

as Col Wallace E. Grayson

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Ralph Byrd

as Ned Rowman

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Lionel Stander

as Sgt. Butch

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Reed Hadley

as War Correspondent/ Narrator

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John Archer

as Lt. Thurmond

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Eddie Acuff

as Pvt. Tex Mcllvoy (uncredited)

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Warren Ashe

as Col. Morton (uncredited)

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Marion Carl

as Marine Pilot (uncredited)

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Harry Carter

as Dispatch Officer (uncredited)

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Tom Dawson

as Captain (uncredited)

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Jason Evers

as Bit Role (uncredited)

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Walter Fenner

as Col. Roper (uncredited)

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Glenn Ford

as Marine Extra (uncredited)

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Robert Ford

as Marine (uncredited)

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Paul Fung

as Japanese Prisoner (uncredited)

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Fred Graham

as Marine Listening to Baseball Game on Radio (uncredited)

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Louis Hart

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

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George Holmes

as Marine (uncredited)

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Russell Hoyt

as Marine (uncredited)

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Selmer Jackson

as Col. Thompson (uncredited)

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Allen Jung

as Japanese Officer (uncredited)

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Charles Lang

as Marine (uncredited)

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Jack Luden

as Major (uncredited)

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Miles Mander

as Weatherby (uncredited)

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David Peters

as Marine (uncredited)

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Bob Rose

as Sammy Kline (uncredited)

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Larry Thompson

as Chaplain (uncredited)

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