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Sergeant York
Sergeant York is a 1941 American biographical film about the life of Alvin C. York, one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War I. Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper in the title role, the film was a critical and commercial success, and became the highest-grossing film of 1941.
Plot
Before America's entry into World War I, Alvin York is a poor, young farmer in rural Tennessee, living with his widowed mother, sister, and younger brother. Alvin's leisure time is spent fighting and getting drunk with friends. Alvin's goal is to purchase a piece of farmland, fertile "bottomland". Alvin works hard to acquire the price for the land, and is given an extension by the owner. Alvin's sharpshooting skills enable him to raise the money needed, but the owner reneges, making Alvin angry and bitter. En route to seek revenge, Alvin and his mule are struck by lightning. The incident prompts Alvin's conversion to Christianity.
Awards
Cast
- Carl Esmond
- Charles Drake
- Charles Middleton
- Charles Trowbridge
- Clem Bevans
- Creighton Hale
- David Bruce
- Dickie Moore
- Douglas Wood
- Eddy Waller
- Edward Keane
- Elisha Cook Jr.
- Erville Alderson
- Frank Faylen
- Frank Marlowe
- Frank McGlynn, Sr.
- Frank Wilcox
- Gary Cooper
- George Irving
- George Tobias
- Gig Young
- Guy Wilkerson
- Harvey Stephens
- Howard Da Silva
- Jack Mower
- Jack Pennick
- James Anderson
- Jean Del Val
- Joan Leslie
- Joe Sawyer
- John Dilson
- Joseph W. Girard
- June Lockhart
- Lane Chandler
- Margaret Wycherly
- Noah Beery Jr.
- Pat Flaherty
- Russell Hicks
- Selmer Jackson
- Stanley Ridges
- Theodore von Eltz
- Tully Marshall
- Victor Kilian
- Walter Brennan
- Walter Sande
- Ward Bond
- William Forrest