Burgess Meredith plays Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle, who lived with soldiers on the front lines to report their stories. THE STORY OF G.I. JOE focuses on Pyle's time with Company C of the 18th Infantry and its journey from the desert of North Africa to Italy, where it took part in the march towards Rome. Meredith plays Pyle with simple dignity as he witnesses and records the goings-on. The picture utilizes an effective mix of real-life GIs and talented actors. Director William Wellman has created an unsentimental and honest portrayal of the brutal and harrowing lives of Pyle's infantry soldiers in a World War II movie that is beloved by veterans.

DVD Features:

Region 0
Snap Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Archival Newsreel Footage of Ernie Pyle talking with American G.I.s in Italy
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills Gallery of Original 1940s Ernie Pyle Newspaper Columns

Distributor Notes: The mightiest action drama ever filmed! Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear) and Burgess Meredith (Of Mice and Men) star in this gripping World War II drama based on the newspaper columns of Pulitizer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Directed by legendary filmmaker William Wellman, "The Story of G.I. Joe" depicts Ernie Pyle's (Meredith) experiences with the men of Company C of the 18th Infantry and their role in the invasion of Italy. Pyle joins Captain Bill Walker (Mitchum) and his men in the desert of North Africa and follows these gallant soldiers as they fight their way from the beaches of Sicily to the hills of southern Italy. Few films have so honestly portrayed the harrowing existence of the infantry soldier in World War II--an unsentimental, often brutal, but always human story of the mud, blood and death that surround the infantryman in combat. Mitchum's performance made him a star and earned him an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor. Critics and film historians agree--this is simply one of the best films ever made about World War II.

Source: Image Entertainment, Inc.

Burgess Meredith: American actor
Robert Mitchum: American Actor, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)
William R. Murphy: Actor
William "Billy" Benedict: Actor in over 180 films from Bringing Up Baby to The Sting

William Wellman: American Director, THE OX-BOW INCIDENT (1943)

Lester Cowan: American Producer

Leopold Atlas: Screenwriter
Guy Endore: American Screenwriter/Novelist
Philip Stevenson: Screenwriter/ THE STORY OF G.I. JOE (1945)

Louis Applebaum: AMERICAN COMPOSER
Ann Ronell: Song Composer

Otho S. Lovering: Editor, mostly Westerns, 1920s-1960s