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Sergeant York

Missiles! Jets! Tanks! ... It's still the guy with guts and a gun who wins the war!

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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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1.4M
Box office
$16.4M
Language
English
  • hero
  • world war i
  • patriotism
  • firearm
  • infantry
  • us army
  • conversion
  • conscientious objector
  • one man army
  • hillbilly
  • war hero
  • war propaganda

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Behind the camera

Director

Howard Hawks

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRNew York City, New York2 Jul 1941
    • TheatricalNR27 Sept 1941
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical1214 Oct 1949
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatricale 1215 Dec 1941
  • XCXC

    • PremiereKarlovy Vary (after the festival)16 Aug 1946
    • Theatrical11 Jul 1947

Frequently asked questions

Sergeant York was released on 27 September 1941.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    4/14/2019

    10/10

    Just like a turkey shoot! Alvin York of Tennessee was a simple backwoods farm boy who liked a drink and a scrap, then one day, fuelled by drink and anger in his heart, an event gave him religion and a new found respect for life. However, the advent of World War 1, and his subsequent call to duty, tore his pacifist state of mind apart, torn between a patriotic sense of duty and his religious beliefs, Alvin York o…

  • B

    barrymost

    4/18/2021

    9/10

    To summarize (which is quite a task, since this is a very detailed, comprehensive, and well-done biopic), Gary Cooper plays one of the greatest and most beloved heroes of the First World War: backwoods sharpshooter, Alvin C. York. Hailing from the Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf, somewhere in the Tennessee hills, he spent his youth drinking, carousing, and causing mischief and mayhem in general. All that change…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    7/11/2025

    7/10

    Alvin York (Gary Cooper) likes to work hard and play hard amidst the Tennessee backwoods, despite the warnings of the well meaning pastor (Walter Brennan) and the stoic observations of his mother (Margaret Wycherly). Then he starts to take a shine to local gal Gracie (Joan Leslie) and decides to put his hell-raising days behind him and settle down. That plan is thwarted by a love-rival but before he can go off the ra…

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