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The Fighting 69th

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The Fighting 69th (1940)

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Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: A made-for-Cagney part as a cocky Brooklyn kid who likes nothing better than a fight. He gets all he can handle as a member of "The Fighting 69th," the celebrated Irish-American unit that goes... A made-for-Cagney part as a cocky Brooklyn kid who likes nothing better than a fight. He gets all he can handle as a member of "The Fighting 69th," the celebrated Irish-American unit that goes "over there" and into the trenches of World War I. His bravado melts as the Kaiser's guns rain death onto the Allied positions. A fine blend of fighting action, humor and real emotion. Avoid colorized version. [More]

Starring: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn

Starring: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, Dennis Morgan, Alan Hale, William Lundigan, Dick Foran, Guinn Williams, Henry O'Neill, John Litel

Director: William Keighley

Director: William Keighley
Screenwriter: Norman Reilly Raine, Fred Niblo, Dean Franklin
Composer: Adolph Deutsch

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Among best of Cagney-O'Brien Warner team-ups, this one set in WWI.

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03/22/08
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The Fighting 69th...may become a gushy tearjerker by its end, but you can't argue that its heart isn't in the right place.

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04/22/07
John J. Puccio
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In one of his few war films, Cagney displays his "specialty" of explosive energy, as a despicable Irishman, who initially sneers at the regiment's traditions but then learns the hard way the mistakes of his cowardice and irresponsibility.

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07/15/06
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03/25/06
Frank S. Nugent
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A sentimental recruiting poster account of the famed First World War New York National Guard division of mostly Irish-Americans.

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