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The Lost Battalion

1919·US
Director: Burton L. King
DramaWarHistory

World War I, October 1918. The more than 500 men of the 77th Infantry Division of the United States Army, who have been recruited in New York City and trained in Yaphank, are sent to France, to help break down the German defenses located in the Argonne forest…

World War I, October 1918. The more than 500 men of the 77th Infantry Division of the United States Army, who have been recruited in New York City and trained in Yaphank, are sent to France, to help break down the German defenses located in the Argonne forest…

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Cast

R

Robert Alexander

Major-General Robert Alexander

G

George McMurtry

Major George McMurtry

Charles W. Whittlesey

Charles W. Whittlesey

Lt. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey

W

William J. Cullen

Captain William J. Cullen

A

Arthur F. McKeogh

Lt. Arthur F. McKeogh

A

Augustus Kaiser

Lt. Augustus Kaiser

J

Jack Hershkowitz

Private Jack Hershkowitz

P

Philip Cepaglia

Corporal Philip Cepaglia

H

Herman J. Bergasse

Sergeant Herman J. Bergasse

J

J. J. Munson

Private J. J. Munson

A

Abraham Krotoshinisky

Private Abraham Krotoshinisky

Jack McLean

Jack McLean

The Kicker

Gaston Glass

Gaston Glass

Harry Merwin

M

Marion Coakley

Nancy Bristol

Helen Ferguson

Helen Ferguson

The Stenographer

Crew

Arthur A. Cadwell

cinematographer

Charles Logue

writer

William A. Reinhart

cinematographer

William H. Tuers

cinematographer

Roy Vaughn

cinematographer

Conrad Wells

cinematographer

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