The Red Ball Express

FROM BEACHHEAD TO BATTLEFRONT! THEY CARRY THE AMMO FOR PATTON'S TANKS!

August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route.

Action Drama War

Jeff Chandler

Alex Nicol

Charles Drake

Judith Braun

Sidney Poitier

Jacqueline Duval

Bubber Johnson

Davis Roberts

Hugh O'Brian

Frank Chase

Cindy Garner

Gregg Palmer

(Tank Lieutenant)

John Hudson

(Tank Sergeant)

Jack Kelly

Howard Petrie

(General Gordon)

Douglas Bank

(Mechanic (uncredited))

George S. Patton

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

George Barrows

(Soldier in Bistro (uncredited))

Nan Boardman

(French Peasant Mother (uncredited))

Eugene Borden

(Dubois -- Antoinette's Father (uncredited))

Forrest Burns

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Sidney Clute

(Military Police Captain (uncredited))

Yola d'Avril

(Barmaid (uncredited))

Michael Dale

(Mechanic (uncredited))

Robert Dane

(Guard (uncredited))

George Dee

(French Waiter (uncredited))

Harold Dyrenforth

(German Sergeant (uncredited))

Douglas Evans

(Brigadier General at Briefing (uncredited))

Joe Freiden

(Tanker (uncredited))

David Friedman

(Mechanic (uncredited))

Richard F. Gaston

(Tank Corporal (uncredited))

Thomas Browne Henry

(Col. Carter (uncredited))

Bill Hickman

(Soldier in Bistro (uncredited))

Don Hicks

(Soldier in Bistro (uncredited))

Clark Howat

(Military Police Captain (uncredited))

Jack Hyde

(MP Lieutenant (uncredited))

Robert Karnes

(Engineer Captain (uncredited))

Syl Lamont

(Jones (uncredited))

Harry Lauter

(Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited))

Tommy Long

(Guard (uncredited))

Roger McGee

(Sergeant (uncredited))

James McLaughlin

(First Sergeant (uncredited))

Peter Michael

(German Corporal (uncredited))

Bernard L. Montgomery

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Howard Negley

(Major General (uncredited))

Murray Olshansky

(Tank Private (uncredited))

John Pickard

(Major (uncredited))

Walter Reed

(Major (uncredited))

Ted Ryan

(Sgt. Gorio (uncredited))

Leonard Schneider

(Radio Operator (uncredited))

Emmett Smith

(Military Police (uncredited))

Richard Solito

(German Officer (uncredited))

Arthur Space

(Colonel at Briefing (uncredited))

Gordon Walsh

(Tanker (uncredited))