The Fighting Sullivans

The Fighting Sullivans is een Amerikaanse dramafilm uit 1944 onder regie van Lloyd Bacon. Destijds werd hij in Nederland uitgebracht onder de titel De vijf gebroeders. Het is een biografische film, gebaseerd op waar gebeurde feiten.

The Fighting Sullivans De vijf gebroeders
Regie	Lloyd Bacon
Producent	Sam Jaffe Robert Kane
Scenario	Edward Doherty Mary C. McCall jr. Jules Schermer
Hoofdrollen	Anne Baxter Thomas Mitchell Selena Royle
Muziek	Cyril J. Mockridge
Montage	Louis R. Loeffler
Cinema­tografie	Lucien N. Andriot
Distributie	20th Century Fox
Première	3 februari 1944
Genre	Drama
Speelduur	112 minuten
Taal	Engels
Land	Verenigde Staten
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Verhaal

De vijf Iers-Amerikaanse gebroeders Sullivan vechten samen tijdens de slag om Guadalcanal. Ze hebben een hechte band, maar hun heldenmoed en patriottisme worden op de proef gesteld door de wreedheden van de oorlog.

Rolverdeling

Acteur	Personage
Baxter, Anne Anne Baxter	Katherine Mary Sullivan
Mitchell, Thomas Thomas Mitchell	Thomas F. Sullivan
Royle, Selena Selena Royle	Alleta Sullivan
Ryan, Edward Edward Ryan	Albert Leo Sullivan
Marshall, Trudy Trudy Marshall	Genevieve Sullivan
Campbell, John John Campbell	Francis Henry Sullivan
Cardwell, James James Cardwell	George Thomas Sullivan
Alvin, John John Alvin	Madison Abel Sullivan
Offerman jr., George George Offerman jr.	Joseph Eugene Sullivan
Roberts, Roy Roy Roberts	Pastoor Francis
Bond, Ward Ward Bond	Luitenant Robinson

Externe link

• (en)  The Fighting Sullivans in de Internet Movie Database

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

Films onder regie van Lloyd Bacon

Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926) · Private Izzy Murphy (1926) · Finger Prints (1927) · White Flannels (1927) · The Heart of Maryland (1927) · A Sailor's Sweetheart (1927) · Brass Knuckles (1927) · Pay as You Enter (1928) · The Lion and the Mouse (1928) · Women They Talk About (1928) · The Singing Fool (1928) · Stark Mad (1929) · No Defense (1929) · Honky Tonk (1929) · Say It with Songs (1929) · So Long Letty (1929) · The Other Tomorrow (1930) · She Couldn't Say No (1930) · A Notorious Affair (1930) · Moby Dick (1930) · The Office Wife (1930) · Fifty Million Frenchmen (1931) · Sit Tight (1931) · Kept Husbands (1931) · Gold Dust Gertie (1931) · Honor of the Family (1931) · Manhattan Parade (1931) · Fireman, Save My Child (1932) · The Famous Ferguson Case (1932) · Miss Pinkerton (1932) · Crooner (1932) · You Said a Mouthful (1932) · 42nd Street (1933) · Picture Snatcher (1933) · Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) · Footlight Parade (1933) · Son of a Sailor (1933) · Wonder Bar (1934) · A Very Honorable Guy (1934) · He Was Her Man (1934) · Here Comes the Navy (1934) · 6 Day Bike Rider (1934) · Devil Dogs of the Air (1935) · In Caliente (1935) · Broadway Gondolier (1935) · The Irish in Us (1935) · Frisco Kid (1935) · Sons o' Guns (1936) · Cain and Mabel (1936) · Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) · Marked Woman (1937) · San Quentin (1937) · Ever Since Eve (1937) · Submarine D-1 (1937) · A Slight Case of Murder (1938) · Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) · Racket Busters (1938) · Boy Meets Girl (1938) · Wings of the Navy (1939) · The Oklahoma Kid (1939) · Indianapolis Speedway (1939) · Espionage Agent (1939) · A Child Is Born (1939) · Invisible Stripes (1939) · Three Cheers for the Irish (1940) · Brother Orchid (1940) · Knute Rockne, All American (1940) · Honeymoon for Three (1941) · Footsteps in the Dark (1941) · Affectionately Yours (1941) · Navy Blues (1941) · Larceny, Inc. (1942) · Wings for the Eagle (1942) · Silver Queen (1942) · Action in the North Atlantic (1943) · The Fighting Sullivans (1944) · Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944) · Captain Eddie (1945) · Home Sweet Homicide (1946) · Wake Up and Dream (1946) · I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947) · You Were Meant for Me (1948) · Give My Regards to Broadway (1948) · An Innocent Affair (1948) · Mother Is a Freshman (1949) · It Happens Every Spring (1949) · Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) · The Good Humor Man (1950) · Kill the Umpire (1950) · The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) · Call Me Mister (1951) · The Frogmen (1951) · Golden Girl (1951) · The I Don't Care Girl (1953) · The Great Sioux Uprising (1953) · Walking My Baby Back Home (1953) · The French Line (1953) · She Couldn't Say No (1954)