Sergeant York (1941)
Genre: War / Drama
Duration: 134 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Stars: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan and Joan Leslie
IMDb score:
7,7 (20.070)
Releasedate: 27 September 1941
Sergeant York plot
"Missiles! Jets! Tanks! ... It's still the guy with guts and a gun who wins the war!"
Farmer Alvin C. York has a hard time making ends meet with his mother, brother and sister. He dreams of a large fertile piece of riparian land where he could give his family a decent life and marry Gracie Williams, his childhood sweetheart. But meanwhile, World War I has begun and Alvin is called up to arms. Alvin tries to be recognized as a conscientious objector, but when his application is rejected, he turns into a model soldier.
Actors and actresses
Alvin C. York
Pastor Rosier Pile
Gracie Williams
"Pusher" Ross
Major Buxton
Mother York
Ike Botkin
Buck Lipscomb
Rosie York
George York
Reviews & comments
speedy23
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Superb story based on true facts about the pacifist York who is drafted during World War I, realizes the need to fight and becomes a hero. Gary Cooper received an Oscar for his role in this delicate, handsome film that juxtaposes images of pastoral America with battle scenes...
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tsjidde
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Yes, that Alvin York was one of a kind. And it seems to have actually happened! I just wonder if over time the story has not been exaggerated a little bit in favor of patriotism. Or am I on thin ice now?
Kind of hard to believe that Howard Hawks could make such a crap out of a movie.
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Vinokourov
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- 2909 votes
Meager enough for Sergeant York, though. It's about a hillbilly (Gary Cooper) who manages to turn from a turkey-shooting freeloader into a great war hero who manages to capture entire battalions of Germans during World War I. It is infused with a hefty religious sauce and morality. The timing of making this film (1941) is also not entirely coincidental. This is nothing more than vulgar propaganda to get Americans more involved for WWII. Anyway, it had a few nice scenes, especially the beginning I found very decent and atmospheric. It can just about get through, shall we say 
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