Sergeant York
“Missiles! Jets! Tanks! ... It's still the guy with guts and a gun who wins the war!”
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
Genres
War, Drama, History
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Sergeant York performed
Budget
$1.4M
Worldwide Gross
$16.4M
Gross Profit
$15.0M
Return
11.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$3M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for War) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Alvin C. York
Gary Cooper
Alvin C. York
Pastor Rosier Pile
Walter Brennan
Pastor Rosier Pile
Gracie Williams
Joan Leslie
Gracie Williams
"Pusher" Ross
George Tobias
"Pusher" Ross
Major Buxton
Stanley Ridges
Major Buxton
Mother York
Margaret Wycherly
Mother York
Ike Botkin
Ward Bond
Ike Botkin
Buck Lipscomb
Noah Beery Jr.
Buck Lipscomb
Rosie York
June Lockhart
Rosie York
George York
Dickie Moore
George York
Zeke
Clem Bevans
Zeke
Lem
Howard Da Silva
Lem
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