The Red Beret (1953)
1h 28m
Running Time
August 11, 1953Release Date
The Red Beret (1953)
1h 28m
Running Time
August 11, 1953Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wanting to serve in the war, he enlists as a Canadian in the British 1st Parachute Brigade. He proves himself exceptionally skilled for a recruit, arousing the suspicion of his commanding officer who starts an investigation. He redeems himself during combat. The film was titled "Paratrooper" in the US.
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Cast & Crew.
Alan Ladd
Canada
Leo Genn
Major Snow
Susan Stephen
Penny Gardner
Harry Andrews
R.S.M.
Donald Houston
Taffy
Anthony Bushell
General Whiting
Patric Doonan
Flash
Stanley Baker
Breton
Lana Morris
Pinky
Tim Turner
Rupert
Anton Diffring
The Pole
Thomas Heathcote
Alf
Terence Young
Director
Richard Maibaum
Writer
Carl Duering
Rossi
John Boxer
Flight Sergeant Box
Frank S. Nugent
Writer
Sy Bartlett
Writer
Harry Locke
Medical Orderly
Michael Balfour
American Sergeant
Hilary St George Saunders
Writer
Irving Allen
Producer
Guido Lorraine
German Officer
Walter Gotell
German Sentry
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 11, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
german radar
british army
parachute
u.s. army
paratrooper
Wiki.
The Red Beret (aka The Red Devils, The Big Jump and retitled Paratrooper for the US release) is a 1953 British-American war film directed by Terence Young and starring Alan Ladd, Leo Genn and Susan Stephen.
The Red Beret is the fictional story about an American who enlists in the British Parachute Regiment in 1940, claiming to be a Canadian. It was the first film made by Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli's Warwick Films, with many of the crew later working on various films for Warwick Films and Broccoli's Eon Productions. It is partly based on the 1950 non-fiction book with the same title written by Hilary Saint George Saunders, about the Parachute Regiment and its second operation, Operation Biting, in February 1942.