Battleground.

A war melodrama presenting a character study of battle-wearied foot soldiers on the fighting front, depicting their grumblings, disappointments, dreams, aspirations, and extraordinary courage. Setting, the Battle of the Bulge, at Bastogne, in 1944. , A: Access CP: Composite Positive U: C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 4200 William Augustus Wellman Director: William Augustus Wellman , A: Access CP: Composite Positive U: C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 4200 William Augustus Wellman Director: William Augustus Wellman , A: Access CP: Composite Positive U: C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 4200 William Augustus Wellman Director: William Augustus Wellman , A: Access CP: Composite Positive U: C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 4200 William Augustus Wellman Director: William Augustus Wellman

PFC Holley returns to the company after recuperating from a wound sustained from fighting in Holland (the Market-Garden Campaign) Instead of going on leave in Paris, the squad is trucked back to the front to help stop a surprise German breakthrough in the Ardennes. The platoon is put up for the night in the apartment of a local young woman, Denise (Denise Darcel), with whom Holley hopes to fraternize. The next morning, led by Platoon Sgt. Kinnie (James Whitmore), the men are ordered to dig in on the outskirts of town. Just as they are