Movie
Paths of Glory
Overview
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
Details
- Release date
- 1957-10-25
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bryna Productions, United Artists, Harris-Kubrick Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kirk Douglas as Col. Dax
- Ralph Meeker as Cpl. Philippe Paris
- Adolphe Menjou as Gen. George Broulard
- George Macready as Gen. Paul Mireau
- Wayne Morris as Lt. Roget/Singing man
- Richard Anderson as Maj. Saint-Auban
- Joe Turkel as Pvt. Pierre Arnaud
- Christiane Kubrick as German Singer
- Jerry Hausner as Proprietor of Cafe
- Peter Capell as Narrator of Opening Sequence
- Emile Meyer as Father Dupree
- Bert Freed as Sgt. Boulanger
Crew
- Stanley Kubrick - Director
- Stanley Kubrick - Screenplay
- Calder Willingham - Screenplay
- Jim Thompson - Screenplay
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