---
title: 'What Price Glory (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Ford'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/what-price-glory-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045323/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# What Price Glory (1952)

1952 · 111 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

What Price Glory is a 1952 American Technicolor war film based on a 1924 play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings, though it used virtually none of Anderson's dialogue. Originally intended as a musical, it was filmed as a straight comedy-drama, directed by John Ford and released by 20th Century Fox on August 22, 1952, in the U.S. The screenplay was written by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, and stars James Cagney and Dan Dailey as US Marines in World War I.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford)
- **Screenplay:** [Phoebe Ephron](https://cinepixo.com/people/phoebe-ephron), [Henry Ephron](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-ephron)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Sol C. Siegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/sol-c-siegel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-macdonald)
- **Editor:** [Dorothy Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-spencer)

## Cast

- [Harry Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-morgan)
- [Robert Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wagner)
- [Marisa Pavan](https://cinepixo.com/people/marisa-pavan)
- [Dan Dailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-dailey)
- [William "Bill" Henry](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bill-henry)
- [James Cagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-cagney)
- [Corinne Calvet](https://cinepixo.com/people/corinne-calvet)
- [Henri Letondal](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-letondal)
- [Sean McClory](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-mcclory)
- [James Gleason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-gleason)
- [William Demarest](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-demarest)
- [Wally Vernon](https://cinepixo.com/people/wally-vernon)
- [Craig Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-hill)
- [Harry Tenbrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-tenbrook)
- [Peter J. Ortiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-j-ortiz)

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