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Fireball Forward is a 1972 American TV movie. It was directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and written by Edmund H. North. It was produced by Frank McCarthy who called it "son of Patton": it follows a hard luck Army division in 1944 France, and the General who must lick it into shape. The film was a pilot for a proposed TV series.[1]

Fireball Forward
Genre	Action Drama War
Written by	Edmund H. North
Directed by	Marvin J. Chomsky
Starring	Ben Gazzara Ricardo Montalbán Dana Elcar Edward Binns Morgan Paull
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Frank McCarthy
Cinematography	Robert L. Morrison
Editors	Harry Coswick Charles L. Freeman Pembroke J. Herring
Running time	98 minutes
Production company	20th Century Fox Television
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	March 5, 1972 (1972-03-05)

Plot

After D-Day the Maj. General Joe Barret (Ben Gazzara), was decorated with Distinguished Service Cross medal, after that, Gen. Omar Bradley transfers him to 14th Division due to poor performance in battle.

Barret found the 14th Division with a bad combat record, lack of morale and discipline. After two disastrous battles against the German army, Barret discovers that he has a mole who turns out to be the head of the French Resistance, Jean Duval (Ricardo Montalbán), Barret learned through Sgt. Collins (Morgan Paull), that before each battle the enemy knew their strategy.

Once Barret discovered the spy, the 14th Division won the next battle and clean all the way to Gen. Patton to Berlin. Except for the fact that U.S. Forces only went to the Elbe river. Everything East of the Elbe was left for the Russians. Only after the surrender did the Western Allied forces enter Berlin per the Potsdam Declaration.

Cast

• Ben Gazzara as Maj. Gen. Joe Barret
• Ricardo Montalban as Jean Duval
• Anne Francis as Helen Sawyer
• Dana Elcar as Col. Talbot
• Edward Binns as Corps. Commander
• Morgan Paull as Sgt. Andrew Collins
• Curt Lowens as Capt. Bauer
• L.Q. Jones as Maj. Larkin
• Eddie Albert as Col. Douglas Graham
• Richard Yniguez as Capt. Tony Sánchez

References

External links

• Fireball Forward at IMDb

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