What Price Glory
Seen it?1952 | 110 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance, War
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of people who believe in big gestures and anyone in the mood for a love story. The chemistry carries it. Liked The Best Years of Our Lives? This is a good next one.
- The mood
- Funny with heart, intense.
- The pace
- Gives its people room to develop, at 1 hr 50 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1952: an older pace and style.
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top sergeant. And when a local beauty comes between them, their rivalry escalates even further. But when they discover that the woman has marriage in mind, they now compete to try to avoid marching down the aisle - that is, until they are called upon to march into battle.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
63% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 12K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by John Ford
- James CagneyCaptain Flagg
- Corinne CalvetCharmaine
- Dan DaileySergeant Quirt
- William DemarestCorporal Kiper
- Craig HillLieutenant Aldrich
- Robert WagnerPrivate Lewisohn
- Marisa PavanNicole Bouchard
- Max ShowalterLieutenant Moore
- James GleasonGeneral Cokely
- Wally VernonLipinsky