Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

Gary Cooper
as Alvin C. York

Walter Brennan
as Pastor Rosier Pile

Joan Leslie
as Gracie Williams

George Tobias
as "Pusher" Ross

Stanley Ridges
as Major Buxton

Margaret Wycherly
as Mother York

Ward Bond
as Ike Botkin

Noah Beery Jr.
as Buck Lipscomb

June Lockhart
as Rosie York

Dickie Moore
as George York
John Chard
Just like a turkey shoot! Alvin York of Tennessee was a simple backwoods farm boy who liked a drink and a scrap, then one day, fuelled by drink and anger in his heart, an event gave him religion and a new found respect for life. However, the advent of World War 1, and his subsequent call to dut...
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To summarize (which is quite a task, since this is a very detailed, comprehensive, and well-done biopic), Gary Cooper plays one of the greatest and most beloved heroes of the First World War: backwoods sharpshooter, Alvin C. York. Hailing from the Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf, somewhere in ...
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Alvin York (Gary Cooper) likes to work hard and play hard amidst the Tennessee backwoods, despite the warnings of the well meaning pastor (Walter Brennan) and the stoic observations of his mother (Margaret Wycherly). Then he starts to take a shine to local gal Gracie (Joan Leslie) and decides to put...