The Bold and the Brave

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An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944.An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944.An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944.

Directors
- Lewis R. Foster
- Mickey Rooney
Writer
- Robert Lewin
Stars

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5.8/10

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Directors
- Lewis R. Foster
- Mickey Rooney
Writer
- Robert Lewin
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total

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Wendell Corey

Dave Fairchild

Mickey Rooney

Willie Dooley

Don Taylor

Sgt. Ewald 'Preacher' Wollaston

Nicole Maurey

Fiamma

John Smith

Smith

Race Gentry

Hendricks

Ralph Votrian

Wilbur

Wright King

Technician Fifth Grade

Stanley Adams

Master Sergeant

Bobs Watson

Tara Summers

Tina

Diana Darrin

Lina

Sidney Clute

G.I. in Card Game
(uncredited)

Pat Conway

Sailor in Bar
(uncredited)

Robert Easton

Tall Blonde G.I.
(uncredited)

John Mitchum

G.I. in Bar
(uncredited)

Mike Ragan

G.I. in Card Game
(uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

Sailor in Bar
(uncredited)

Directors
- Lewis R. Foster
- Mickey Rooney
Writer
- Robert Lewin
All cast & crew
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Trivia
A gambler and a World War II veteran himself, Mickey Rooney claimed to have ad-libbed and directed his crap game sequence.

Quotes
Willie Dooley: There's a time to be scared and there's a time to have laughs.

Connections
Referenced in Far from Heaven (2002)

Soundtracks
The Bold and the Brave
Written by Ross Bagdasarian and Mickey Rooney

User reviews14

Review

Featured review

6/10

"This mission gets accomplished if I have to go it alone!"

After a fallow period during the early fifties Mickey Rooney established himself as a fine straight actor, a position consolidated in this otherwise very ordinary war film set in Italy in 1944 to which Rooney not only contributed the title song but collected an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

The best performance is as usual provided by Wendall Corey with his regular quiet authority. Don Taylor - soon to give up acting in favour of directing - is strictly speaking the star as a Holy Joe who's heart is broken by a brunette Nichole Maurey pretending to be an Italian as a local girl with whom he shares a glass of buttermilk before it all ends in tears.