| Red Ball Express | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Budd Boetticher |
| Produced by | Aaron Rosenberg |
| Written by | Billy Grady, Jr. (story) Marcy Klauber (story) John Michael Hayes (writer) |
| Starring | Jeff Chandler |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Editing by | Edward Curtiss |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 29, 1952 |
| Running time | 83 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Red Ball Express is a 1952 World War II war film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Jeff Chandler. The film is based on the real Red Ball Express convoys that took place after the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944. The tag line for the movie is "From beachhead to battlefront! They carry the ammo for Patton's Tanks!"
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route. One (racially integrated) platoon of this Red Ball Express encounters private enmities, German resistance, minefields, and increasingly perilous missions.