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Battleground

“The First Great Picture Of The Second World War!”

1949 · 1 h 58 min
Directed by William Wellman · USA · Classical Hollywood
ActionDramaWar

Cast

Van Johnson John Hodiak Ricardo Montalban George Murphy Marshall Thompson Jerome Courtland

Credits

Written by: Robert Pirosh

Plot

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944.

Sinekatalog’s take

Battleground (1949) is a American action film directed by William Wellman. It stars Van Johnson, John Hodiak and Ricardo Montalban. It runs 118 minutes. It is listed here as part of the director's body of work.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (8,676 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.