Movie · 1943
Guadalcanal Diary
Released 27 October 1943 More from 1943 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
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How old were they?
Miles Mander
as Weatherby (uncredited)
Minor Watson
as Col Wallace E. Grayson
Preston Foster
as Father Donnelly
William Bendix
as Corp. Taxi Potts
Roy Roberts
as Capt. Jame Cross
Ralph Byrd
as Ned Rowman
Reed Hadley
as War Correspondent/ Narrator
George Holmes
as Marine (uncredited)
Jason Evers
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Richard Jaeckel
as Pvt. Johnny ('Chicken') Anderson
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The numbers
38years between the oldest and youngest billed
55Miles Mander — oldest on the call sheet
17Richard Jaeckel — youngest billed
35average age of the credited cast