Go for Broke!
About Go for Broke!
Lt. Mike Grayson, played by Van Johnson, is given a platoon of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Japanese-American volunteers raised in 1943. He starts with the prejudices of the time. The men train, then fight in Italy and in France, including the rescue of the Lost Battalion. By the end of the campaign he rates them above himself.
Cast & crew
More about Go for Broke!
Robert Pirosh wrote and directed. Dore Schary produced. Paul C. Vogel photographed it. James E. Newcom edited it. MGM released it in New York on May 24, 1951, after a Honolulu premiere on May 4 and a Los Angeles opening on May 9. MGM's books list $2,531,000 in U.S. and Canada rentals and $806,000 overseas, and a profit of $761,000. The $3,337,000 figure is the studio's worldwide rental total.
Themes
Look
Paul C. Vogel shot the black-and-white film.
Music
Alberto Colombo wrote the score.
Preservation
The copyright lapsed in 1979. Copies circulate, including one on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- Six men in the cast were veterans of the 442nd. Lane Nakano and George Miki are among the leads with Van Johnson.
- The picture includes newsreel of General Mark Clark and President Harry Truman presenting the unit citation.
- Pirosh's screenplay was nominated for an Academy Award. He had won that award for Battleground (1949).
- The U.S. copyright was not renewed, and the film entered the public domain in 1979.
Scenes
- Grayson meets the platoon in training.
- The unit reaches the Lost Battalion.
Also available
- Internet Archive (go_for_broke_ACM)