
The Naked and the Dead(1958)
Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.



Ginger Rogers
Jo Jones

Robert Ryan
Chris Jones

Ruth Hussey
Barbara Thomas

Patricia Collinge
Helen Stacey

Mady Christians
Manya Lodge

Kim Hunter
Doris Dumbrowski

Jane Darwell
Mrs. Henderson

Richard Martin
Mike Dumbrowski

Robert J. Anderson
Boy (uncredited)

Patti Brill
Western Union Girl (uncredited)
Tender Comrade is a drama, romance, war film released in 1944 exploring themes of world war ii, wartime, war bride. Directed by Edward Dmytryk, it stars Ginger Rogers, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey. Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.
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