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The Fighting Generation(1944)
Status: Released
Date: 1944-10-01
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Time: 0h 4m
Overview:
A 1944 propaganda short film produced for the U.S. Treasury Department and intended to boost war bond sales, directed by an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jennifer Jones as a nurse's aide. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, from the Academy War Film Collection, in 2008.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry
Vanguard Films
Movie: The Fighting Generation
Top 2 Billed Cast
Jennifer Jones
Nurse's Aide
Eddie Bracken
Self / Soldier in Audience
Video Trailer The Fighting Generation
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