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The Red Ball Express

5.8 83 mins Action   Drama   War   1952
Universal International Pictures  
Director(s): Budd Boetticher

August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route.

Casts of The Red Ball Express

Jeff Chandler

as Lt. Campbell

Alex Nicol

as Sgt. Kallek

Charles Drake

as Partridge

Judith Braun

as Joyce

Sidney Poitier

as Robertson

Jacqueline Duval

as Antoinette

Bubber Johnson

as Taffy

Davis Roberts

as McCord

Hugh O'Brian

as Wilson

Frank Chase

as Higgins

Cindy Garner

as Kitty

Gregg Palmer

as Tank Lieutenant

John Hudson

as Tank Sergeant

Jack Kelly

as Heyman

Howard Petrie

as General Gordon

Douglas Bank

as Mechanic (uncredited)

George S. Patton

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Barrows

as Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)

Nan Boardman

as French Peasant Mother (uncredited)

Eugene Borden

as Dubois -- Antoinette's Father (uncredited)

Forrest Burns

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Sidney Clute

as Military Police Captain (uncredited)

Yola d'Avril

as Barmaid (uncredited)

Michael Dale

as Mechanic (uncredited)

Robert Dane

as Guard (uncredited)

George Dee

as French Waiter (uncredited)

Harold Dyrenforth

as German Sergeant (uncredited)

Douglas Evans

as Brigadier General at Briefing (uncredited)

Joe Freiden

as Tanker (uncredited)

David Friedman

as Mechanic (uncredited)

Richard F. Gaston

as Tank Corporal (uncredited)

Thomas Browne Henry

as Col. Carter (uncredited)

Bill Hickman

as Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)

Don Hicks

as Soldier in Bistro (uncredited)

Clark Howat

as Military Police Captain (uncredited)

Jack Hyde

as MP Lieutenant (uncredited)

Robert Karnes

as Engineer Captain (uncredited)

Syl Lamont

as Jones (uncredited)

Harry Lauter

as Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)

Tommy Long

as Guard (uncredited)

Roger McGee

as Sergeant (uncredited)

James McLaughlin

as First Sergeant (uncredited)

Peter Michael

as German Corporal (uncredited)

Bernard L. Montgomery

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Howard Negley

as Major General (uncredited)

Murray Olshansky

as Tank Private (uncredited)

John Pickard

as Major (uncredited)

Walter Reed

as Major (uncredited)

Ted Ryan

as Sgt. Gorio (uncredited)

Leonard Schneider

as Radio Operator (uncredited)

Emmett Smith

as Military Police (uncredited)

Richard Solito

as German Officer (uncredited)

Arthur Space

as Colonel at Briefing (uncredited)

Gordon Walsh

as Tanker (uncredited)

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