Regarded as one of the best films made about WW2.Most of the film takes place in the snowy woods of France. I liked the interplay between the soldiers. Ricardo Montalban plays a soldier from Los Angeles who's never seen snow before.
There's a great scene where the platoon meets up with some other soldiers in a jeep and they suspect them of being Germans in disguise. Van Johnson and the other soldiers drill them with questions about American culture, baseball, Terry and the Pirates
and the Dragon Lady, and Betty Grable's current romantic interests (Harry James now, not Cesar Romero).
James Whitmore was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as the drill sergeant. Also with Don Taylor, who was in Stalag 17.
The film was one of the biggest box office hits of 1949, according to the book Box Office Hits.
The movie won Oscars for Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay.