Darby's Rangers (1958)

Action Drama War

Highly fictionalized account of the formation of the US Army's First Ranger Battalion in World War II and their first commanding officer Major (later, Lieutenant-Colonel) Orlando Darby. The idea was to create a US unit along the lines of the British commandos. In this account, which focuses on several fictional characters, the story is initially on their training in Scotland and the lives and loves their encounter while there. Their first combat mission was in the invasion of North Africa in 1942, followed by the invasion of Sicily and then Italy itself, including the amphibious landing at Anzio..

Updated May 12 2020

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1958-02-12

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Runtime: 121 mins Rating: 6.0

Cast

Corey Allen

Pvt. Pittsburgh Tony Sutherland

Jack Warden

MSgt. Saul Rosen / Narrator

Murray Hamilton

Pvt. / Sgt. Sims Delancey

Edd Byrnes

Lt. Arnold Dittman (as Edward Byrnes)

Torin Thatcher

Sgt. McTavish

James Garner

Col. William Orlando Darby

Andrea King

Mrs. Sheilah Andrews

Stuart Whitman

Sgt. / SSgt. / Sfc. Hank Bishop