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Cast |
DVD |
Media Mentions | Notes | Pictures
| Quotes
Never has the screen thrust so deeply into the guts of war!
| Character | Actor |
| Colonel Dax | Kirk Douglas |
| Cpl. Philippe Paris | Ralph Meeker |
| Gen. George Broulard | Adolphe Menjou |
| Gen. Paul Mireau | George Macready |
| Lt. Roget/Singing man | Wayne Morris |
| Maj. Saint-Auban | Richard Anderson |
| Pvt. Pierre Arnaud | Joseph Turkel |
| Pvt. Lejeune | Kem Dibbs |
| Pvt. Maurice Ferol | Timothy Carey |
| German singer | Susanne Christian |
| Proprietor of cafe | Jerry Hausner |
| Narrator/Col Judge | Peter Capell |
| Father Dupree | Emile Meyer |
| Sgt. Boulanger | Bert Freed |
| Shell-shock victim | Fred Bell |
| Capt. Rousseau | John Stein |
| Capt. Nichols | Harold Benedict |
| Maj. Gouderc | Paul Bös |
| Capt. Sancy | Leon Briggs |
| Col. De Guerville | Wally Friedrichs |
| Doctor | Halder Hanson |
| Private | James B. Harris |
| K.P. | Rolf Kralovitz |
| Capt. Renouart | Ira Moore |
| Pvt. Duval | Marshall Rainer |
| Cafe owner | Roger Vagnoid |
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham & Jim Thompson from the novel
by Humphrey Cobb
Contains the trailer
4-page booklet chronicling the making of
9 total
| The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) | Film is featured. |
| A&E Biography - Kirk Douglas (2000) | Mentions the film. |
| Breaker Morant (1980) | Has similar plot with a trial of 3 soldiers used as scapegoats. |
| Confidentially Yours (1983) | There is a Paths of Glory ad in newspaper Julien reads. |
| Raising Arizona (1987) | POG ant hill shots are interspersed every other frame into the final showdown. |
| The Sopranos (2006) | In Members Only Junior watches POG on TV. |
| Stanley's Girlfriend (2006) | Fictional account of Kubrick during the 50s with making of a POG style film. |
| Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004) | Has a character named Capt Dax. |
| Tales from the Crypt (1991) | The episode "Yellow" is a mini version of POG which even stars Kirk Douglas as General Kalthrob. |
87 minutes, B/W, not rated, fullscreen
Awards - 1958 Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award, Best Film from any Source/1958 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Male Supporting Performance for Adolphe Menjou/1959 Won Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists/1958 Won Diploma of Merit Foreign Director from the Jussi Awards
"Stanley, I don't think this picture will ever make a nickel, but we have to make it." Kirk Douglas
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