Details

Release year: 1940

Storyline

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.

Top credits

Directors

William Keighley

Writers

Cast

James Cagney — Jerry Plunkett
Pat O'Brien — Father Duffy
George Brent — 'Wild Bill' Donovan
Jeffrey Lynn — Joyce Kilmer

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Did you know

• A statue of Father Francis Duffy stands in Times Square in New York City.

• The "Major Donovan" character was based on "Wild Bill" Donovan, who was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War I, and as Major General Donovan was the Director of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, forerunner of the CIA) in World War II.

• James Cagney's character is heard to share several words in Yiddish with a fellow soldier early in the film. Cagney was a fluent speaker of Yiddish, having been raised near a Jewish neighborhood in New York City.