Three Stripes in the Sun

Three Stripes in the Sun
Directed byRichard Murphy
Written byAlbert Duffy
(adaptation)
Screenplay byRichard Murphy
Based onE.J. Kahn Jr.
(The New Yorker article The Gentle Wolfhound)[1]
Produced byFred Kohlmar
StarringAldo Ray
Philip Carey
Dick York
CinematographyBurnett Guffey
Edited byCharles Nelson
Music byGeorge Duning
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • November 23, 1955 (1955-11-23) (New York City)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Three Stripes in the Sun is a 1955 American war film directed by Richard Murphy and starring Aldo Ray, Philip Carey and Dick York.

It is a story of an American sergeant stationed in Japan after World War II who falls for a local girl.

Plot

Sgt. Hugh O'Reilly and his friend, Cpl. "Nebby" Muhllendorf, are assigned to peacetime Osaka, Japan after the end of World War II. Still upset over his experiences at Pearl Harbor, O'Reilly unsuccessfully asks his colonel for a transfer.

O'Reilly's prejudices continue to surface, particularly when his wallet is missing and presumed stolen. After he finds a Japanese man with it, O'Reilly intends to seek retribution until he learns that the man runs an orphanage and was simply returning a wallet that he found.

O'Reilly and Nebby visit the orphanage and, moved by its impoverished conditions, donate money and food. O'Reilly also develops a romantic interest in a local girl, Yuko, but believes a future together would be difficult. He decides to break off contact with Yuko after the outbreak of conflict in Korea, but when he and Nebby are wounded and return to Japan, he and Yuko decide to try a life together in the United States.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Kahn, E.J. (1953-05-09). "A Reporter At Large -- The Gentle Wolfhound". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-03-02.


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