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The Sullivans was also an Australian-made drama television series which ran from 1976 until 1983. The Fighing Sullivans aka The Sullivans DVD cover of The Fighting Sullivans Commemorative Edition Directed by Lloyd Bacon Produced by Sam Jaffe Robert Kane Written by Edward Doherty Mary C. McCall Jr. Jules Schermer Thomas Mitchell Selena Royle Edward Ryan Trudy Marshall John Campbell James Cardwell John Alvin George Offerman Jr. Music by Cyril J. Mockridge Cinematography Lucien N. Andriot Editing by Louis R. Loeffler Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1944) (USA) (original theatrical distributor) Realart Pictures Inc. (1951) (USA) (theatrical re-release) Crystal Pictures Inc. (1956) (USA) (theatrical re-release) Release date(s) 3 February 1944 Running time 112 minutes Language English The Fighting Sullivans, originally released as The Sullivans, is a 1944 biographical war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Edward Doherty, Mary C. McCall Jr. and Jules Schermer. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story. The story follows the lives of the five Irish-American Sullivan brothers, who grew up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and served together in the United States Navy during World War II. Their eventual deaths in the Pacific theater aboard the light cruiser USS Juneau (CL-52) (sunk on 13 November 1942 during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal) are also chronicled in this film, which is based on the brothers' true life story. A scene from The Fighting Sullivans portrays the Cast Anne Baxter as Katherine Mary Sullivan Thomas Mitchell as Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan, the father Selena Royle as Mrs. Alleta Sullivan, the mother Edward Ryan as Albert Leo Sullivan Trudy Marshall as Genevieve Sullivan John Campbell as Francis Henry Sullivan James Cardwell as George Thomas Sullivan John Alvin as Madison Abel Sullivan George Offerman, Jr. as Joesph Eugene Sullivan Roy Roberts as Father Francis Ward Bond as Lieutenant Commander Robinson Bobby Driscoll as young Albert Sullivan Synopsis We are introduced to the young Irish-American, Catholic family of the Sullivans through a series of progressive baptisms: George Thomas in 1914, Francis "Frank" Henry in 1916, Joseph Eugene in 1918, Madison "Matt" Abel in 1919, and Albert Leo in 1922. There is also sister Genevieve, making the Sullivans a happy family of 8. As the boys grow, they are doted upon by their mother and sister Genevieve and given stern but loving guidance by their father, who is a railroad freight conductor. Each day the boys climb the water tower by the tracks and wave to their father as he passes by on the train. The day before Al's first communion, he must attend confession. His brothers | ||||
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