Paratroop Command
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Paratroop Command is a 1959
1959 in film
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards.-Events:* The Three Stooges make their 190th and last short film, Sappy Bull Fighters....

 war film directed by William Witney, starring Richard Bakalyan, Ken Lynch and Jack Hogan.

Charlie is a soldier who suffers the scorn of his paratroop unit because he accidentally kills one of their own men. The film is set in World War II in North Africa, Sicily
Sicily
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, and Italy
Italy
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Cast

As appearing in screen credits (main roles identified):
Actor Role
Richard Bakalyan
Richard Bakalyan
Richard Bakalyan is an Born in Iran character actor who started his career playing juvenile delinquents he served them treats and candys in his ice cream van in his first several films. He had some fun experience having served a year's probation at age 15...

 
Charlie
Ken Lynch Lieutenant
Jack Hogan
Jack Hogan
Jack Hogan is an American actor, born November 25, 1929 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was born Richard Roland Benson, Jr. He is most notable for the role of PFC William G...

 
'Ace' Mason
Jimmy Murphy Sergeant
Jeff Morris
Jeff Morris (actor)
Jeff Morris was an American film and television actor. Among his roles was as Bob, the owner of Bob's Country Bunker, in The Blues Brothers. He later reprised his role in Blues Brothers 2000....

 
Pigpen (as Jeffrey Morris)
James Beck
James Beck
Stanley James Carroll Beck was a British actor best remembered for his role as Private Joe Walker, the cockney spiv in the popular BBC sitcom Dad's Army. The cast was mainly composed of older actors, but Beck was one of the younger members.-Early life:Beck was born in Islington, North London and...

 
Cowboy (as Jim Beck)
Carolyn Hughes Gina
Patricia Huston Amy, a WAC
Paul Busch German Captain
Sydney Lassick Interpreter (as Sid Lassick)
Brad Trumbull C-47 Pilot


A full cast and production crew list is too lengthy to include, see: IMDb profile.
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