The Young Warriors (film)
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Director John Peyser Cinematography Loyal Griggs Country United States | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre War, Drama Produced by Gordon Kay Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast James Drury (Sergeant Cooley), Jonathan Daly (Guthrie), Robert Pine (Foley), Jeff Scott (Lippincott), Michael Stanwood (Riley), John Alladin (Harris)Release date January 1967 (1967-01) Writer Richard Matheson (novel), Richard Matheson (screenplay) Similar movies A Walk in the Sun (1945), Immortal Sergeant (1943), Battle Cry (1955), To Hell and Back (1955), Hell Is for Heroes (1962) Tagline Their Unbeatable Heroism Turned The Tide At Anzio! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Young Warriors is a war film filmed in 1966 by Universal Pictures based on Richard Matheson's 1960 novel The Beardless Warriors that was the working title of the film. The novel was inspired by Matheson's own experiences as an 18-year-old infantryman with the 87th Infantry Division in Germany in World War II. The film was directed by John Peyser.
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It was filmed cheaply by Universal on their backlot using many of its contract players, with Matheson asked to do a rewrite of his screenplay in order to utilise the battle sequences from Universal's To Hell and Back. When Universal wished to "lighten" Matheson's screenplay, they had Jonathan Daly write a comedy relief scene of chasing a duck through a minefield. The film was released as a double feature with Rosalind Russell's Rosie!.
Plot
Europe: 1944. A group of replacements are assigned to Sgt Cooley's squad and sent into battle. Initially frightened, Hacker grows to love killing but loses that feeling as well. He is promoted to Corporal and later given his own squad.
Production
Matheson recalled that following the release of his novel he had offers from Richard Zanuck (who dropped his plans to film it when his father Darryl F. Zanuck was making The Longest Day) and Fred Zinnemann. Zinnemann told Matheson that he wanted to make the film but had several other projects at the time; Matheson refused to wait and turned him down.
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References
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