When Audie Murphy emerged from the Second World World as the most decorated soldier in American military history (having personally killed about 240 enemy soldiers) it was a logical step that such a good-looking kid was promptly snapped up by Hollywood.
After so many roles in a setson it comes as something of a surprise to finally see him in combat gear in this glossy screen version in Technicolor and CinemaScope of his ghostwritten memoirs which probably boasts a higher death rate than all his westerns put together.
Director Jess Hibbs later recalled that the camera would occasionally a catch strange look in his eyes and that take would have to be scrapped. The damage Murphy suffered (which followed him long into civilian life) is never really apparent in the film however and he seems to take it all in his stride.
After so many roles in a setson it comes as something of a surprise to finally see him in combat gear in this glossy screen version in Technicolor and CinemaScope of his ghostwritten memoirs which probably boasts a higher death rate than all his westerns put together.
Director Jess Hibbs later recalled that the camera would occasionally a catch strange look in his eyes and that take would have to be scrapped. The damage Murphy suffered (which followed him long into civilian life) is never really apparent in the film however and he seems to take it all in his stride.