Plot
The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.
Cast
as James 'Jim' Apperson
as Melisande
as Mr. Apperson
as Mrs. Apperson
as Justyn Reed
as Harry Apperson
as Michael Olysius 'Bull' O'Hara
as 'Slim' Jensen
as Melisande's Mother
as Justine Devereux (uncredited)
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Reviews
Recently in approaching the milestone of seeing my 5,000th film (at least by my IMDb list of my shoddy recollections), I wanted to make it a very special film, so it was between the blus of this and 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'. That was a very special work too, but in retrospect, I felt this was an even finer film. I haven't seen much of Vidor's work (only 'The Champ', 'Hallelujah' and 'Th…