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Irwin Shaw's monumental best-seller - The Young Lions
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Title: The Young Lions

Release Date: 2 Apr 1958

Runtime: 2h 47m

Genre: War, Drama, Action

Director: 20th Century Fox

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox

Overview: The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.8 (133 votes)

Cast

  • Lt. Christian Diestl: Marlon Brando
  • Noah Ackerman: Montgomery Clift
  • Michael Whiteacre: Dean Martin
  • Hope Plowman: Hope Lange
  • Margaret Freemantle: Barbara Rush
  • Gretchen Hardenberg: May Britt
  • Capt. Hardenberg: Maximilian Schell
  • Simone: Dora Doll
  • 1st Sgt. Rickett: Lee Van Cleef
  • Françoise: Liliane Montevecchi
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