Based on the best seller of the same name, Guadalcanal Diary is a strikingly realistic film that follows a devoted platoon of marines through the terrors of war in the South Pacific. The all-star cast includes Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Preston Foster and Anthony Quinn as soldiers battling disease, treacherous terrain and unrelenting weather, as well as a human enemy. Poignantly narrated, and with explosive action rooted in a solid historical context.