Home of the Brave (1949)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Mark Robson

Writers:

Carl Foreman (writer)
Arthur Laurents (play)

Release Date:

14 September 1949 (France)

Genre:

Drama | War

Tagline:

Excitement - Movie of the Year! Suspense! Action! Adventure! You have never seen a motion picture like it!

Plot Keywords:

Black White Relations | African American Man | Racist Insult | Racist | Racial Prejudice

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jeff Corey	...	Doctor
James Edwards	...	Private Peter Moss
Lloyd Bridges	...	Finch
Douglas Dick	...	Major Robinson
Frank Lovejoy	...	Sergeant Mingo
Steve Brodie	...	T.J. Everett
Cliff Clark	...	Colonel Baker

Also Known As:

High Noon (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:15

Company:

Stanley Kramer Productions

Quotes:

Mingo: Yeah, I'll never forget the first letter I got from my wife. It started, "My darling, darling, darling, I'll never again use the word 'love' without thinking only of you." And I remember the last one I got from her. It started, "Dear T.J., this is the hardest letter I've ever had to write."

Movie Connections:

Referenced in How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003)

Soundtrack:

(Sometimes I Feel Like a) Motherless Child

A landmark film that broke the back of black stereotypes in cinema

I was 11 years old when my Mother took me to see Home Of The Brave. She came home from work and said, I want to take you to a movie, it is time you see something other than Roy Rogers and Hopalong Cassidy...I can tell you I grew up a lot seeing HOME OF THE BRAVE. I can remember the dialog to this day even though I only saw this movie once. James Edwards and Lloyd Bridges gave star performances, yet the supporting cast was truly outstanding too...... Jeff Corey was the Doctor (psychiatrist)who helped James Edwards overcome the difficulties of war, and of course of being black. (Corey is recognized as one of the greatest character actors in the history of stage and screen. Check his filmography.) It was a landmark scene and performance by both Corey and Edwards. In the 50s Corey was black balled by the House Unamerican Activities Commitee. HUAC. Because he would not name actors sympathetic to the Communists. Many actors did squeal to save there own careers, but not Corey, he laughed at them. Did not work in Hollywood for 12 or more years. He became an acting teacher for the likes of Jack Nicholson, Barbara Streisand, Cher, and many others. Those three won academy awards. May he rest in peace, he left us in 2002. Corey has an outstanding website, check it out, here is the URL address... jeffcorey.com..... James Edwards filmography is full of great performances down through the years.An outstanding filmography by a pioneering actor who never received the recognition he deserved. One year in the 70s, I was involved with a cable TV station in San Diego,we produced the La Costa celebrity tennis tournament. Lloyd Bridges was there and I walked up to him and said, "Thank You for your performance in "Home of The Brave", he was so startled and said to me, when did you see it? I replied, "when I was 11 years old, my mother took me to see it. She said it was an important film, and it was time to know about the freedom this movie is trying to portray." He said to me, "thank you very much, you made my day, in fact my whole month. Thank You." It is nice to know that these great actors who made this film a landmark in cinema were revered by so many. Most are gone now but their performances are preserved in the great history of film. See this movie, buy the VHS on the internet, show it to others and you become part of movie history too. Thank You. RADUDCA