Response
Battleground was MGM's largest grossing film in five years, taking in a total of over $5 million in the U.S. market alone, and was rated by Photoplay as the best picture of the year. MGM released a similar film in 1951, Go For Broke, also starring Van Johnson and directed by Pirosh.
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