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Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II , [ 4 ] and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history.
In Saigon in 1952, as Vietnamese insurgents are delivering major strikes against the French colonial rulers, an innocent and enigmatic young American economist (Audie Murphy), who is working for an international aid organization, gets caught between the Communists and the colonialists as he tries to win the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people.
To Hell and Back is a Technicolor and CinemaScope war film released in 1955. [4] It was directed by Jesse Hibbs and stars Audie Murphy as himself. It is based on the 1949 autobiography of the same name and is an account of Murphy's World War II experiences as a soldier in the U.S. Army. [5] The book was ghostwritten by his friend, David "Spec" McClure, who served in the U.S. Army's Signal ...
To Hell and Back is Audie Murphy's 1949 World War II memoir, detailing the events that led him to receive the Medal of Honor and also to become the most decorated infantryman of the war. Although only Murphy's name appears on the book cover, it was a collaboration with writer David "Spec" McClure.
When Murphy, on an errand, leaves his father alone, the old man is shot by bandits. Domergue strangles a wounded oldster when entrusted with nursing him. Alone with McNally, Domergue vamps him into forgetting his job…In a sense, McNally’s gun hand abandons him by becoming lame after an injury, leaving him more open to assault.
Murphy and Hendrix married in 1949 and divorced in 1951. [9] His 1949 film Bad Boy gave him his first leading role. [10] Murphy became acquainted in Texas with Interstate Theatre executive James "Skipper" Cherry, [11] who was best man at Murphy's 1951 marriage to Pamela Archer and the namesake of the couple's second son.
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During filming in the studio, shortly after the unit had returned from location work outside Las Vegas, Sherman and Audie Murphy had an argument over a line reading, which resulted in Murphy pushing Sherman over and threatening to kill him. Sherman left the project and was replaced for the remainder of the shoot by Harry Keller. Murphy started ...