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The Young Lions

  • 1958
  • 2h 47m
  • War, Drama
  • 6.7

Irwin Shaw's monumental best-seller

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

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Storyline

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

Cast

Marlon BrandoLt. Christian Diestl
Montgomery CliftNoah Ackerman
Dean MartinMichael Whiteacre
Hope LangeHope Plowman
Barbara RushMargaret Freemantle
May BrittGretchen Hardenberg
Maximilian SchellCapt. Hardenberg
Dora DollSimone
Lee Van Cleef1st Sgt. Rickett
Liliane MontevecchiFrançoise
Parley BaerSgt. Brandt
Arthur FranzLt. Green
Hal BaylorPvt. Burnecker
Richard GardnerPvt. Crowley
Herbert RudleyCapt. Colclough
Michael SmithDraft Board Member (uncredited)

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