This article is about the 1940 film. For the actual infantry unit nicknamed "Fighting Sixty-Ninth", see 69th Infantry Regiment (New York).
The Fighting 69th
VHS cover
Directed by
William Keighley
Written by
Norman Reilly Raine Fred Niblo, Jr. Dean Riesner
Produced by
Louis F. Edelman Hal B. Wallis
Starring
James Cagney Pat O'Brien George Brent Dennis Morgan Alan Hale, Sr.
Cinematography
Tony Gaudio
Edited by
Owen Marks
Music by
Adolph Deutsch
Color process
Black and white
Production company
Warner Bros.
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date
January 27, 1940 (1940-01-27) (US)
Running time
90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$2,313,000[1]
The Fighting 69th is a 1940 American war film starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and George Brent. The plot is based upon the actual exploits of New York City's 69th Infantry Regiment during World War I. The regiment was given that nickname when opposing General Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War.
Real people portrayed in The Fighting 69th include Father Francis P. Duffy, the chaplain; battalion commander and future OSS leader "Wild Bill" Donovan; Lt. Oliver Ames, a platoon commander; and then-Sgt. Joyce Kilmer (Jeffrey Lynn), a famous poet, who was killed in battle on July 30, 1918.[2]
Most of The Fighting 69th was filmed at Warner Brothers' Calabasas Ranch location, which served as Camp Mills, the regiment's training base, various French villages, and numerous battlefields.[3]
^Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 20 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^Werner, Stephen. "The tragedy of Joyce Kilmer, the Catholic poet killed in World War I." America, 219, No. 2 (July 27, 2018).
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