To Hell and Back Movie Review 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.

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 106 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

World War II, This Is My Life, Big Battles, Biopics: Military

Screenplay

Gil Doud

Cast

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, Walter Bedell Smith

Cinematography

Maury Gertsman

Director

Jesse Hibbs

Music

Henry Mancini

Other

Leonard J. Murray, Michael Paulick

Producer

Aaron Rosenberg, Mark Huffam