Red Ball Express

1952 World War II film directed by Budd Boetticher
Movie film Q1026650
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Red Ball Express

Summary

Red Ball Express is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Red Ball Express's image is recorded as Red Ball Express.jpg[3].
  • Red Ball Express's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Red Ball Express's director is recorded as Budd Boetticher[5].
  • Red Ball Express's screenwriter is recorded as John Michael Hayes[6].
  • Red Ball Express's genre is recorded as war film[7].
  • Red Ball Express's cast member is recorded as Jeff Chandler[8].
  • Red Ball Express's cast member is recorded as Sidney Poitier[9].
  • Red Ball Express's cast member is recorded as Hugh O'Brian[10].
  • Red Ball Express's cast member is recorded as Alex Nicol[11].
  • Red Ball Express's cast member is recorded as Charles Drake[12].
  • Red Ball Express's cast member is recorded as Howard Petrie[13].
  • Red Ball Express's cast member is recorded as Jack Kelly[14].
  • Red Ball Express's cast member is recorded as Gregg Palmer[15].
  • Red Ball Express's cast member is recorded as Yola d'Avril[16].
  • Red Ball Express's cast member is recorded as Rudolph Anders[17].
  • Red Ball Express's cast member is recorded as John Hudson[18].
  • Red Ball Express's producer is recorded as Aaron Rosenberg[19].
  • Red Ball Express's director of photography is recorded as Maury Gertsman[20].
  • Red Ball Express's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0045072[21].
  • Red Ball Express's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[22].
  • Red Ball Express's color is recorded as black-and-white[23].
  • Red Ball Express's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 913458[24].
  • Red Ball Express's country of origin is recorded as United States[25].
  • Red Ball Express's publication date is recorded as +1952-08-29T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Red Ball Express's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/063y8fz[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Red Ball Express's producer is recorded as Aaron Rosenberg[19]. Its director is recorded as Budd Boetticher[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as John Michael Hayes[6]. Cast members include Jeff Chandler[8], Sidney Poitier[9], Hugh O'Brian[10], Alex Nicol[11], Charles Drake[12], and Howard Petrie[13].

Publication

Red Ball Express's publication date is recorded as +1952-08-29T00:00:00Z[26]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[22]. Its genre is recorded as war film[7].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Red Ball Express[28], World War II[29], Operation Overlord[30], and transport[31].

Why It Matters

Red Ball Express ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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