A Walk in the Sun is a World War II war film released in 1945, based on the novel by Harry Brown, who was a writer for Yank, the Army Weekly based in England. The book was serialized in Liberty Magazine in October 1944. The film was directed by Lewis Milestone, stars Dana Andrews and features Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland, Lloyd Bridges, Sterling Holloway, Norman Lloyd, Herbert Rudley and Richard Benedict, with narration by Burgess Meredith. In 1943, the diverse group of fifty-three soldiers comprising the Lee Platoon of the Texas Division anxiously await their upcoming Allied... invasion of Italy on a beach near Salerno, Italy. A landing barge carries them to their objective during the pre-dawn hours, and the increasing danger of their situation is demonstrated when their young platoon commander, Lieutenant Rand, is wounded by a shell fragment that destroys half of his face. Platoon Sergeant Pete Halverson takes over command and orders Sgt. Eddie Porter to lead the men to the beach while he tries to find the Captain and confirm their orders.
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| Release date: | December 25, 1945 |
| Directed by: | Lewis Milestone |
| Runtime: | 117 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lewis Milestone |
| Editor: | W. Duncan Mansfield, W. Duncan Mansfield |
| Music by: | Freddie Efrem Rich, Earl Robinson |
| Cinematography: | Russell Harlan |
| Screenplay by: | Robert Rossen |
| Estimated budget: | $800,000 |
| Adapted from: | A Walk in the Sun |
| Genre: | Action |