Feuertaufe
(1956)
Regisseur:
Richard FleischerSchauspieler:
Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford, Robert Keith, Brad Dexter, Mark Damon, Ken Clark, L.Q. Jones, Frank Gorshin, Buddy Ebsen, Harvey Lembeck, Skip Homeier, Tod Andrews, Biff Elliot, Bart Burns, Frank GerstleAuf einer Pazifikinsel im Jahre 1945. Sam Gifford wird zu Oberst Miles gerufen, der ihm mitteilt, dass er auf Grund seiner guten Führung und mit Blick auf seine Tapferkeitsmedaille nicht vor ein Kriegsgericht gestellt, sondern einer Bewährungseinheit zugeteilt wird. Willie, ein ehemaliger Landarbeiter, bringt Sam zu seiner neuen Truppe, die ausschließlich aus Leuten besteht, die sich eines Vergehens schuldig gemacht haben, wie Sam, der einen Offizier geschlagen hat. Sam wird zu dem brutalen Kommandeur, Hauptmann Waco, gebracht, der seine Leute mit sichtlichem Wohlbehagen schikaniert.
Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was mobilized with his National Guard unit as a sergeant. Came the day when, revolted by the cowardice of his lieutenant, who had fired at his own men, he hit him. Downgraded, he was sent to a disciplinary battalion. Sam now discovers his new detachment, his new commanding officer, just another cowardly brute, Captain Waco Grimes. While in combat, Sam will gradually become closer to the privates, working-class people he used to despise. He will become another man, a better man.
Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was mobilized with his National Guard unit as a sergeant. Came the day when, revolted by the cowardice of his lieutenant, who had fired at his own men, he hit him. Downgraded, he was sent to a disciplinary battalion. Sam now discovers his new detachment, his new commanding officer, just another cowardly brute, Captain Waco Grimes. While in combat, Sam will gradually become closer to the privates, working-class people he used to despise. He will become another man, a better man.