The Fighting 69th (1940)

Directors

William Keighley

Cast

James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn

The story

The plot centers on misfit Jerry Plunkett (James Cagney), a tough-talking New Yorker who displays a mixture of bravado and disrespect for officers. Caught up in patriotic fervor when the United States enters WWI, he joins the 69th with aim of winning medals by singlehandedly defeating the Germans. However, Plunkett's inexperience and disrespect for command lead to him making errors in battle and eventually show him to be a coward.

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