# Paths of Glory (1957)

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**Runtime**: 88 min
**Genres**: War, Drama
**Directed by**: Stanley Kubrick
**Written by**: Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson
**Starring**: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson

> *It explodes in the no-man's land no picture ever dared cross before!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Trenches on a cold morning, a whistle blows, mud sucks at boots. A failed charge, a court martial, three men stand accused. Kubrick exposes the rot of war with unflinching precision.

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 8.4/10 (237303 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 96% · Metacritic 90/100

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