Fighting 69th, The
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Fighting 69th, The
-- Cheerfully sentimental flagwaver celebrates the World War I exploits of New York's Irish infantry regiment, centering on its compassionate chaplain, Father Duffy (Pat O'Brien), and a feisty recruit (James Cagney) who proves a coward, then redeems himself by jumping on a German grenade to save a comrade (Alan Hale). Director William Keighley mixes broad ethnic humor, roughneck pranks, battlefield heroics and reverential moments into a colorful melodrama that can still be watched with interest. Wartime violence in an idealistic context that contemporary viewers may find unconvincing. (A-I) (br)
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1940
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** Discontinued classification. All archived movies that were originally in the A-IV category are now classified as L.