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24 August 1945 (USA)
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Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his wife. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
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(Complete credited cast)| John Garfield | ... | Albert A. 'Al' Schmid | |
| Eleanor Parker | ... | Ruth Hartley | |
| Dane Clark | ... | Lee Diamond | |
| John Ridgely | ... | Jim Merchant | |
| Rosemary DeCamp | ... | Virginia Pfeiffer | |
| Ann Doran | ... | Ella Mae Merchant | |
| Ann E. Todd | ... | Loretta Merchant (as Ann Todd) | |
| Warren Douglas | ... | Kebabian | |
| Don McGuire | ... | Bill aka Irish | |
| Tom D'Andrea | ... | Tom | |
| Rory Mallinson | ... | Doctor | |
| Mark Stevens | ... | Ainslee (as Stephen Richards) | |
| Anthony Caruso | ... | Johnny Rivers | |
| Moroni Olsen | ... | Capt. Burroughs |
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Forever in Love (UK)
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This film is about the Battle of Guadacanal. Guadalcanal is situated in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, north-east of Australia. Its local name is Isatabu and contains the country's capital, Honiara. The island is humid and mostly made up of jungle with a surface area of 2,510 square miles or 6,500-km². Guadacanal was named after Pedro de Ortega's home town Guadacanal in Andalusia, Spain. de Ortega worked under Álvaro de Mendaña who charted the island in 1568.
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Featured in Warner at War (2008) (TV)
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The Marine Hymn
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This was one of the better or best WWII movies of its time. It hasn't been shown on TV in quite a while and am wondering why. John Garfield was perfect as Al Schmid, the blinded hero of Guadalcanal. The action sequence of him holding off a superior Japanese force with a machine gun was spellbinding. He was awarded the Navy Cross although I thought he should have gotten the Medal of Honor. Why isn't this movie on VHS or DVD? He was one of the real heroes of the Pacific war and his story should be available to today's generation. Instead we were bombarded by the media of Pvt Jessica Lynch who never even fired her weapon at anyone and came home a hero. Where is the justice?