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So Proudly We Hail! ()

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A group of nurses returning from the war in the Philippines recall their experiences in combat and in love.
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Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson
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Lt. Joan O'Doul
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Lt. Olivia D'Arcy
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Lt. John Summers
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Lt. Rosemary Larson
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Chaplain
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Kansas
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Capt. 'Ma' McGregor
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Dr. Jose Bardia
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Dr. Harrison
Hugh Ho Chang ...
Ling Chee (as Dr. Hugh Ho Chang)
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Lt. Sadie Schwartz
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Lt. Ethel Armstrong
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Lt. Elsie Bollenbacher
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Lt. Tony Dacelli
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Lt. Irma Emerson
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Lt. Betty Peterson
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Lt. Carol Johnson
Lynn Walker ...
Lt. Fay Leonard
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Lt. Margaret Stevenson
Mimi Doyle ...
Nurse
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Col. White
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Flight Lt. Archie McGregor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amparo Antenercruz ...
Filipino Nurse (uncredited)
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Filipino Nurse (uncredited)
Tom Coleman ...
Troop Ship Survivor (uncredited)
Dimples Cooper ...
Filipino Nurse (uncredited)
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Georgie Larson (uncredited)
Boyd Davis ...
Col. Mason (uncredited)
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Girl (uncredited)
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Capt. Lawrence (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Capt. O'Brien (uncredited)
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Major at San Francisco Dock (uncredited)
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Mr. Larson (uncredited)
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Capt. O'Rourke (uncredited)
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Ship's Captain (uncredited)
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Soldier on Transport Ship (uncredited)
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Capt. Lawrence - Officer Playing Cards (uncredited)
Frederic Henry ...
Ensign (uncredited)
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Mrs. Larson (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
Victor Kilian Jr. ...
Corporal (uncredited)
Charles Lester ...
Soldier (uncredited)
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Japanese Radio Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
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Steward (uncredited)
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Soldier on Transport Ship (uncredited)
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Young Ensign (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Troop Ship Survivor (uncredited)
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Capt. Saunders (uncredited)
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Captain (uncredited)
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Troop Ship Officer with Binoculars (uncredited)
Fay Sappington ...
Thin Nurse (uncredited)
Byron Shores ...
Doctor (uncredited)
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Maj. Arthur (uncredited)
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Lt. Lynne Hopkins (uncredited)
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Soldier on Troop Ship (uncredited)
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Col. Clark (uncredited)

Directed by

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Mark Sandrich

Written by

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Allan Scott ... (written by)
 
Eunice Hatchitt ... (contributor to story) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Buddy G. DeSylva ... executive producer (uncredited)
Mark Sandrich ... producer

Music by

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Miklós Rózsa ... (as Miklos Rozsa)

Cinematography by

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Charles Lang ... director of photography

Editing by

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Ellsworth Hoagland

Art Direction by

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Hans Dreier
A. Earl Hedrick ... (as Earl Hedrick)

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Stephen Seymour ... (as Steve Seymour)

Makeup Department

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Wally Westmore ... makeup artist
Glen Alden ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Faye Chaney ... makeup staff member (uncredited)
Peggy Higgins ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Hedy Mjorud ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Leonora Sabine ... hair supervisor (uncredited)
Lavaughn Speer ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Hugh Brown ... assistant unit manager (uncredited)
Charles Woolstenhulme ... assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Clem Jones ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Joseph C. Youngerman ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Sam Comer ... set decorating supervisor (uncredited)
Tom Plews ... props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Harold Lewis ... sound recordist
Walter Oberst ... sound recordist
George Dutton ... special sound effects (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Thol Simonson ... special effects technician (uncredited)

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
Gordon Jennings ... special photographic effects
Paul K. Lerpae ... optical cinematography (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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E. Adams ... assistant to second camera (uncredited)
Stuart Thompson ... second camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)
LeVaughn Larson ... wardrobe: women (uncredited)
Pat Williams ... wardrobe: men (uncredited)

Location Management

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Norman Lacey ... location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Eugene Zador ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Nesta Charles ... script clerk (uncredited)
Dorothy Hughes ... script clerk (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Thomas W. Doyle ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Eunice Hatchitt ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Bernice Kenneth ... secretary to director (uncredited)
Phyllis Loughton ... dialogue director (uncredited)

Thanks

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Thomas W. Doyle ... special thanks: commanding officer, combat team 45th infantry, Philippine scouts, on Bataan (as Colonel Thomas W. Doyle U.S.A.)
Eunice Hatchitt ... special thanks: Army Nurse Corps of Bataan and Corregidor (as First Lieutenant Eunice Hatchitt)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

A group of U.S. Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination, and their lives. Sent to Bataan, in the Philippines, the nurses are led by Lt. Janet Davidson. She is faced with untested nurses who expected an easy time in Honolulu, but who quickly become battle-weary veterans dealing with daily bombardments by the Japanese, overwhelmed by the numbers of wounded, and dwindling supplies. Some of "Davey's" unit also have to deal with romantic entanglements with men they met onboard ship. When Bataan falls, the American forces flee to the offshore island of Corregidor, where they find the Japanese assault just as intense. Written by Ron Kerrigan

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Taglines SO PROUDLY YOU'LL HAIL...THEIR VALOR...THEIR SACRIFICE...THEIR DEVOTION! (print ad - Lubbock Avalanche Jouurnal - Lindsey Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - September 26, 1943 - all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Celles que fiers nous saluons (France)
  • Les anges de miséricorde (France)
  • Mutige Frauen (Germany)
  • Sangre en Filipinas (Spain)
  • Αγάπη στον πόλεμο (Greece)
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  • 126 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia In keeping with Army regulations, Veronica Lake (Lt. Olivia D'Arcy) changed her famous "peek-a-boo" hairstyle. She only let her hair down once, in her final scene. Later she cut it with much publicity, because women who copied her and worked in factories kept getting their hair caught in the machinery. See more »
Goofs In late 1941, Kansas jokes that he decided to join the Marines because his football team "wrecked" Army's team, which would imply that the game he was talking about occurred in the Fall of 1941. He earlier claims his team also beat Notre Dame, but the Fighting Irish were undefeated in 1941. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in There's Something About a War (2006). See more »
Soundtracks The Star Spangled Banner See more »
Quotes Lt. Olivia D'Arcy: Stop prying into things that don't concern you.
Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson: Maybe it does concern me. It concerns me that the morale of this group remains high. Until you joined up, it was. You're just a troublemaker. I-I don't really care what's bothering you at all. I don't like you any more than the rest of the girls do.
Lt. Olivia D'Arcy: I'm supposed to be a nurse and that's all.
Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson: No. There's more than that now that we're at war. Maybe you don't know what's up. Maybe you don't know what we're doing here.
Lt. Olivia D'Arcy: You think I don't know. All right, I'll tell you. I know what I'm doing, I know why I'm here. I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to kill Japs.
[stands up]
Lt. Olivia D'Arcy: Every blood-stained one I can get my hands on!
Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson: [hushed] Olivia!
Lt. Olivia D'Arcy: That doesn't sound nice coming from a nurse, does it? We're supposed to be angels of mercy, we're supposed to tend to the wounded and take care of the sick. We're supposed to be kind and tender and serve humanity in the name of humanity. What humanity? Jap humanity?
Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson: Olivia, be quiet!
Lt. Olivia D'Arcy: No, you asked me, you wanted to know, you pried into things that didn't concern you.You wanted to know that this is - look! Look at that!
[opens a locket Davidson was asking about]
Lt. Olivia D'Arcy: Do you know what it is? I'll tell you, it's a boy.
[door opens, two other girls look in]
Lt. Olivia D'Arcy: Come in, both of you, you wanted to know too. Today is Christmas, isn't it? The time for cheer and good fellowship, and for peace. Well, today's my wedding day.
[holds out locket]
Lt. Olivia D'Arcy: You see that? He and I were to be married today, in Saint Louis. And why weren't we? Because he's dead. He died that first morning. They killed him. I saw him. He was running across the field to his plane and they killed him. Sixty bullets - sixty! By the time I got to him he was dead. His face was gone - I couldn't see him any more. Just blood - blood all over!
[bursts into tears]
Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson: [rushes to her side] Oh, Olivia!
Lt. Olivia D'Arcy: Let me go. Let me go. They must be punished, and I'm going to punish them! He was dead. It was ended for him...
[cries]
Lt. Olivia D'Arcy: I wanted him... He was all I had... I loved him so much...
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