Les conducteurs du diable (1952)

The Red Ball Express

Réalisateur : Budd Boetticher

Scénaristes : Marcy Klauber, William Grady Jr., John Michael Hayes

Genres : Action, Drame, Guerre

83 minutes

Status : Released

Langue : English

Pays : United States of America

Société de production : Universal International Pictures

Synopsis

En 1944, le Lieutenant Campbell est en charge du Red Ball Express, un convoi de camions transportant des munitions, de l'essence et des soldats vers le front. Un jour, lui et ses hommes perdent contact avec les blindés américains se rendant en Allemagne alors qu'ils étaient censés les réapprovisionner... De plus, il doit gérer des problèmes de racisme parmi les membres de sa troupe.

• Jeff Chandler - Lt. Campbell
• Alex Nicol - Sgt. Kallek
• Charles Drake - Partridge
• Judith Braun - Joyce
• Sidney Poitier - Robertson
• Jacqueline Duval - Antoinette
• Bubber Johnson - Taffy
• Davis Roberts - McCord
• Hugh O'Brian - Wilson
• Frank Chase - Higgins
• Cindy Garner - Kitty
• Gregg Palmer - Tank Lieutenant
• John Hudson - Tank Sergeant
• Jack Kelly - Heyman
• Howard Petrie - General Gordon
• Douglas Bank - Mechanic (uncredited)
• George S. Patton - Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• George Barrows - Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
• Nan Boardman - French Peasant Mother (uncredited)
• Eugene Borden - Dubois -- Antoinette's Father (uncredited)
• Forrest Burns - Minor Role (uncredited)
• Sidney Clute - Military Police Captain (uncredited)
• Yola d'Avril - Barmaid (uncredited)
• Michael Dale - Mechanic (uncredited)
• Robert Dane - Guard (uncredited)
• George Dee - French Waiter (uncredited)
• Harold Dyrenforth - German Sergeant (uncredited)
• Douglas Evans - Brigadier General at Briefing (uncredited)
• Joe Freiden - Tanker (uncredited)
• David Friedman - Mechanic (uncredited)
• Richard F. Gaston - Tank Corporal (uncredited)
• Thomas Browne Henry - Col. Carter (uncredited)
• Bill Hickman - Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
• Don Hicks - Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)
• Clark Howat - Military Police Captain (uncredited)
• Jack Hyde - MP Lieutenant (uncredited)
• Robert Karnes - Engineer Captain (uncredited)
• Syl Lamont - Jones (uncredited)
• Harry Lauter - Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
• Tommy Long - Guard (uncredited)
• Roger McGee - Sergeant (uncredited)
• James McLaughlin - First Sergeant (uncredited)
• Peter Michael - German Corporal (uncredited)
• Bernard L. Montgomery - Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Howard Negley - Major General (uncredited)
• Murray Olshansky - Tank Private (uncredited)
• John Pickard - Major (uncredited)
• Walter Reed - Major (uncredited)
• Ted Ryan - Sgt. Gorio (uncredited)
• Leonard Schneider - Radio Operator (uncredited)
• Emmett Smith - Military Police (uncredited)
• Richard Solito - German Officer (uncredited)
• Arthur Space - Colonel at Briefing (uncredited)
• Gordon Walsh - Tanker (uncredited)