1. BOMB MERCHANTS
The true life World War II drama of EDWARD who’s judged physically unfit to serve in the U.S. Army
but is allowed to volunteer for a newly created elite bomb disposal battalion. As squad captain EDWARD
combats Nazi terror and becomes an unlikely hero of the
Greatest Generation.
EDWARD’s trajectory is triggered by an all-consuming guilt over his 4-F status, his desperation to flee a suffocating small
town and the chains of poverty created by the
Great Depression.
EDWARD’s unorthodox methods collide with his superiors as he tries to lead and protect his squad. He punches his way
through every obstacle with the defiance of a reborn man. Edward survives by motivating his men to focus on reaching
MONT SAINT MICHEL.
EDWARD’s trajectory to fulfilling his destiny is enhanced by his relationships with the following subordinate characters:
CELESTE - the clingy buxom-blonde who pushes EDWARD to his limits, forcing him to make a life-altering decision.
LEADLAY - the dandy who instructs EDWARD on the ways of the world, compelling him to become a fearless officer.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL THOMAS KANE - the founding father of American bomb disposal.
BILL - the right-hand man whose futile personal quest torments him in his struggle against a puzzling undiagnosed PTSD
created by a catastrophic event prior to him joining the squad. EDWARD’s efforts to help BILL causes his other
relationships to crumble, jeopardizing the squad’s safety.
CHARLIE - the charmingly high-spirited high school drop out with an insatiable curiosity and a knows-no-boundaries sense
of himself documents every assignment and ultimately forces EDWARD to face himself.
GENE - the highly intelligent long, lean and lanky Polish Catholic school kid from Chicago.
PETE - the fearless rabble-rousing Italian kid from Brooklyn.
MORTY - the rough and tumble Jewish kid from the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
CARL - the “Adonis” from “Hollywood”.
Together these unlikely heroes fight their own personal demons, becoming determined to confront unimaginable missions. A
constant series of life-threatening assignments propels EDWARD into a sense of invulnerability launching an eagerness to
please his commanding officers, a flaw that ultimately kills BILL. The shocking event sparks a powder keg of raw emotions
inciting CHARLIE to lash out and blame EDWARD for BILL’s untimely death just as EDWARD must command a
critical Allied mission to
MONT SAINT MICHEL.
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