The Bold and the Brave

The Bold and the Brave
The Bold and the Brave
	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	April 18, 1956 (US);
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.4 million (US)

The Bold and the Brave is a 1956 American

Ross Bagdasarian, the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks

.

Plot

Text in opening credits

"ITALY 1944"
"The battle is big... but some things are even bigger... sometimes the battle inside a man makes the war seem small by comparison..."
"This battle began at the bivouac area with the fresh troops awaiting their baptism of fire..."

The film traces the destinies of three American soldiers stationed in Italy during World War II. Fairchild (Corey) is an idealist who doesn't believe in killing. Preacher (Taylor) is a religious zealot, who can't see anything in terms other than Good and Evil. Dooley (Rooney), an inveterate gambler who runs a floating crap game up and down the Italian front. A gambler and a World War II veteran himself, Rooney claimed to have adlibbed and directed his crap game sequence.^[3]

Text in closing credits

"Bravery is courage in action. It produces the deed which sets the hero above the coward."
"

Omar N. Bradley

, General of the Army."

Cast

Wendell Corey as Fairchild
Mickey Rooney as Dooley
Don Taylor
as Preacher
Nicole Maurey as Fiamma
John Smith as Smith
Race Gentry as Hendricks
Ralph Votrian as Wilbur
Wright King as Technician Fifth Grade
Stanley Adams as Master Sergeant
Bobs Watson as Bob
Tara Summers as Tina

Uncredited

Diana Darrin as Lina

Accolades

Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Mickey Rooney	Nominated	^[4]
	Best Screenplay – Original	Robert Lewin	Nominated	^[4]

References

^ "The Bold and the Brave: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957
^ p. 216 Neibaur, James L. The Essential Mickey Rooney Rowman & Littlefield, 3 Mar 2016
^ "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.

External links

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[1] "The Bold and the Brave: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

[2] 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957

[3] . 216 Neibaur, James L. The Essential Mickey Rooney Rowman & Littlefield, 3 Mar 2016

[4] "The 29th Academy Awards (1957) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.

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