Home of the Brave

Title: Home of the Brave Summary: During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group. Directed by: Mark Robson Actors: Jeff Corey, James Edwards, Lloyd Bridges Production Company: Stanley Kramer Productions Release Date: 14 September 1949 (France) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.