Eight Iron Men

Eight Iron Men is a 1952 American World War II drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and featuring Lee Marvin in a supporting role. The screenplay was adapted by Harry Brown from his 1945 play A Sound of Hunting, which had featured Burt Lancaster during its short run on Broadway.

Muller opens the package and finds a fruitcake, which he divides eight ways. Carter and Ferguson manage to get back, but the clumsy Small has been left behind, trapped in a shell hole by the machine gun fire. Sgt. Mooney wants to send out a rescue party, and persuades his platoon leader Lt. Crane Richard Grayson to take the request to Capt. Trelawny Barney Phillips, their company commander. A sniper kills Crane before he reaches the company command post. Mooney goes to Trelawny but the captain orders Mooney not to attempt a rescue, saying that while he doesnt want to leave Small, he also doesnt want to lose men on what seems to be a wildgoose chase. The men debate the pros and cons of going after Small while Collucci tries to persuade Muller to let him eat Smalls piece of fruitcake.A runner alerts the squad that the company is pulling out in half an hour but another burst of machine gun fire galvanizes Mooney. He disobeys orders and with Coke, Muller, and a mortar, goes for Small. The mortar fire fails to silence the gun, however. Trelawny hears the exploding shells and angrily heads to the squads outpost where he confronts Carter for not stopping Mooney. Collucci goes out while the two argue, but Carter persuades the captain to overlook the disobedience. ........

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