The Lost Battalion (1919)

NR ★ 6.0/10 100 min Drama, War, History United States English

Director: Burton L. King

Screenplay by: Charles Logue

Streaming: Not available

And he told them to go to hell

Description

World War I, October 1918. The more than 500 men of the 77th Infantry Division of the United States Army, who have been recruited in New York City and trained in Yaphank, are sent to France, to help break down the German defenses located in the Argonne forest…

Top Cast

Robert Alexander Major-General Robert Alexander

George McMurtry Major George McMurtry

Charles W. Whittlesey Lt. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey

William J. Cullen Captain William J. Cullen

Arthur F. McKeogh Lt. Arthur F. McKeogh

Augustus Kaiser Lt. Augustus Kaiser

Jack Hershkowitz Private Jack Hershkowitz

Philip Cepaglia Corporal Philip Cepaglia

The Lost Battalion Appears on 1 Curated Movie List

Canon Institutions

The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)

The Film Foundation #434