THE ROAD TO GLORY (1936)

The Road to Glory is a 1936 American war drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore and June Lang, and produced by 20th Century Fox. It is a depiction of World War I trench warfare in France. It is vaguely inspired by Roland Dorgelès’ 1919 novel and Raymond Bernard’s 1932 Les Croix de Bois (Wooden Crosses), though the film credits do not mention them.

PLOT-
Set in France during World War I, a love triangle develops between a French commander who cares more for strategy than human life, a free-thinking officer who is appalled by his superior's decisions, and the nurse with whom both men fall in love.

CAST-
Fredric March as Lieutenant Michel Denet
Warner Baxter as Captain Paul La Roche
Lionel Barrymore as Papa La Roche / Private Morin
June Lang as Monique La Coste
Gregory Ratoff as Russian Sergeant
Victor Kilian as Tall Sergeant
Paul Stanton as Captain
John Qualen as Scared Soldier
Julius Tannen as Lieutenant Tannen
Theodore von Eltz as Major
Paul Fix as Second Volunteer
Leonid Kinskey as Soldier
Jacques Lory as Courier
Jacques Vanaire as Doctor
Edythe Raynore as Nurse
George Warrington as Jean Dulac