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Red Ball Express (film)

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Lt. Chick Campbell, head of the platoon, clashes with Sgt. Red Kallek over an incident that occurred when they were civilian truck drivers that resulted in Kallek's brother's death.
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The army wouldn't let us tell the truth about the black troops because the government figured they were expendable. Our government didn't want to admit they were
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Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.
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insisted to Universal that the film be modified so that "the positive angle be emphasized" regarding race relations. Director
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that it cannot be supplied. To maintain the momentum, Allied headquarters establishes an elite military truck route. One
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pilots. They figured if one out of ten trucks got through, they'd save Patton and his tanks.
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Because of the high percentage of black drivers in the Red Ball Express operation, the
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Sean Axmaker, 'Ride Lonesome: The Career of Budd Boetticher',
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The character of General Gordon appears to have been based on
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Budd Boetticher
John Michael Hayes
Aaron Rosenberg
Jeff Chandler
Alex Nicol
Maury Gertsman
Edward Curtiss
Black and white
Universal Pictures
World War II
war film
Budd Boetticher
Jeff Chandler
Alex Nicol
Sidney Poitier
Hugh O'Brian
Red Ball Express
D-Day
Normandy
Patton's
Third Army
D-Day
Paris
racially integrated
Red Ball Express
minefields
Jeff Chandler
Alex Nicol
Charles Drake

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