---
title: 'Sergeant York (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Hawks'
released: '1941-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 134
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sergeant-york-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034167/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sergeant York (1941)

1941 · 134 min · Drama, War, History · United States


## Synopsis

Sergeant York is a 1941 American biographical film about the life of Alvin C. York, one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War I. Directed by Howard Hawks, the film stars Gary Cooper in the title role, and was based on York's diary Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary, as edited by Tom Skeyhill, and adapted by Harry Chandlee, Abem Finkel, John Huston, Howard E. Koch, and Sam Cowan (uncredited). York refused, several times, to authorize a film version of his life story, but finally yielded to persistent efforts to finance the creation of an interdenominational Bible school. The story that York insisted on Cooper for the title role comes from a telegram that producer Jesse L. Lasky wrote to Cooper pleading with him to accept the part, to which he signed York's name.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks)
- **Screenplay:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston), [Abem Finkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/abem-finkel), [Howard Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-koch), [Harry Chandlee](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-chandlee)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Jesse Louis Lasky](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-louis-lasky)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sol Polito](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-polito)
- **Editor:** [William Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-holmes)

## Cast

- [Victor Kilian](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-kilian)
- [Russell Hicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hicks)
- [Guy Wilkerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-wilkerson)
- [Jean Del Val](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-del-val)
- [June Lockhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-lockhart)
- [Gary Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-cooper)
- [James Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-anderson)
- [Frank Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-wilcox)
- [George Tobias](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-tobias)
- [Margaret Wycherly](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-wycherly)
- [Harvey Stephens](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-stephens)
- [Walter Sande](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-sande)
- [Pat Flaherty](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-flaherty-2)
- [Joan Leslie](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-leslie)
- [Charles Trowbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-trowbridge)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sergeant-york-1941
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