Beyond the Line of Duty
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Beyond the Line of Duty is a 1942 short drama film
directed by Lewis Seiler
. It won an Academy Award at the 15th Academy Awards
in 1943 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Lewis Seiler
Lewis Seiler
Lewis Seiler was an American film director. He directed 88 films between 1923 and 1958.He was born in New York, New York, and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* A Bankrupt Honeymoon...
. It won an Academy Award at the 15th Academy Awards
15th Academy Awards
The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Best Picture honors went to the film Mrs. Miniver. The ceremony is most famous for the speech by the film’s Oscar-winning actress Greer Garson...
in 1943 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
Cast
- Hewitt T. Wheless - Himself (as Captain Hewett T. Wheless)
- Ronald ReaganRonald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
- Narrator (voice) - Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Himself (voice) (archive footage)
- Hubert R. HarmonHubert R. HarmonLieutenant General Hubert Reilly Harmon , after a distinguished combat career in World War II, was instrumental in developing plans for the establishment of the United States Air Force Academy...
- Himself (as Major General H.K. Harmon)