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Go For Broke (Go for Broke!)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A bigoted Texan, Lieutenant Michael Grayson (Van Johnson), is assigned to command the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War lI. Learning that the regiment is composed entirely of Japanese-American volunteers, he immediateIy requests a transfer. Suspicious and distrustful of his troops, the Lieutenant finds it hard to believe that "Japs" are fit to be American soIdiers.
Denied his transfer, the unhappy commander and his regiment ship out to the raging battIefields of Europe. "Go For Broke" is the motto of the 442nd and the troops' daring and bravery under fire prove it to be weIl-deserved. Lt. Grayson's prejudices gradually turn to respect and admiration as his heroic subordinates acquit themselves with valor and a clear determination to go above and beyond the caII of duty.
Taking on heavy casualties in carrying out its missions, the 442nd was one of the U.S. Army's most decorated infantry regiments during WWlI. Many of the actuaI veterans of the celebrated fighting unit pIay themselves in Go For Broke. Appearing in more than 100 films during his long career, Van Johnson became one of America's top war fiIm heroes during the 1940s and 1950s. ln addition to Go For Broke, popuIar WWll-inspired movies incIude The White Cliffs of Dover (1944), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Command Decision (1948), BattIeground (1949), and the Oscar-nominated film, The Caine Mutiny (1954), one of his most memorabIe starring roles. |
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