The Red Ball Express
Action
Drama
War
FROM BEACHHEAD TO BATTLEFRONT! THEY CARRY THE AMMO FOR PATTON'S TANKS!
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route.
1952-05-29
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Cast
Director
Budd Boetticher
Jeff Chandler as Lt. Campbell
Alex Nicol as Sgt. Kallek
Charles Drake as Partridge
Judith Braun as Joyce
Sidney Poitier as Robertson
Jacqueline Duval as Antoinette
Bubber Johnson as Taffy
Davis Roberts as McCord
Hugh O'Brian as Wilson
Frank Chase as Higgins
Gregg Palmer as Tank Lieutenant
John Hudson as Tank Sergeant
Jack Kelly as Heyman
Howard Petrie as General Gordon
George S. Patton as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Barrows as Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
Nan Boardman as French Peasant Mother (uncredited)
Eugene Borden as Dubois -- Antoinette's Father (uncredited)
Sidney Clute as Military Police Captain (uncredited)
Yola d'Avril as Barmaid (uncredited)
Michael Dale as Mechanic (uncredited)
George Dee as French Waiter (uncredited)
Douglas Evans as Brigadier General at Briefing (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry as Col. Carter (uncredited)
Bill Hickman as Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
Clark Howat as Military Police Captain (uncredited)
Robert Karnes as Engineer Captain (uncredited)
Harry Lauter as Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
Bernard L. Montgomery as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard Negley as Major General (uncredited)
John Pickard as Major (uncredited)
Walter Reed as Major (uncredited)
Arthur Space as Colonel at Briefing (uncredited)