Gary Cooper in Sergeant York
Gary Cooper in Sergeant York (1941).
Sergeant York
film by Hawks [1941]
Sergeant York, American war film, released in 1941, that was noted for Gary Cooper’s Academy Award-winning portrayal of Alvin York, one of the most decorated and celebrated American heroes of World War I. The inspirational film, directed by Howard Hawks and cowritten by John Huston, was nominated for 11 Oscars and was the highest-grossing movie of 1941. The film begins when York—one of 11 children born into a poor family in northern Tennessee—is a young man. An incorrigible troublemaker, he drinks heavily and fights often. However, after being struck by lightning, he undergoes a religious awakening that turns his life ...(100 of 341 words)