The true story of a hillbilly sharpshooter drafted in WWI despite his claim to be a pacifist, who ends up becoming a war hero.
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Written by
Alvin C. York (diary) (as Sergeant York) Tom Skeyhill (diary editor) Abem Finkel (screenplay) & Harry Chandlee (screenplay) and Howard Koch (screenplay) & John Huston (screenplay) Sam Cowan (uncredited).
Starring
Gary Cooper (Alvin Cullum York); Walter Brennan (Pastor Rosier Pile); Joan Leslie (Gracie Williams); George Tobias ('Pusher' Ross); Stanley Ridges (Maj. Buxton); Margaret Wycherly (Mother York); Ward Bond (Ike Botkin); Noah Beery Jr. (Buck Lipscomb); June Lockhart (Rosie York); Dickie Moore (George York); Clem Bevans (Zeke); Howard Da Silva (Lem); Charles Trowbridge (Cordell Hull); Harvey Stephens (Capt. Danforth); David Bruce (Bert Thomas). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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