One of the few bio-pics in which the subject is actually played by himself To Hell And Back is a passable war film in which it is no exaggeration when it claims to be based on real events. Audie Leon Murphy was at once remarkable and unremarkable. Product of a poor, dirt farming family in North East Texas, he assumed responsibility for his mother and siblings at a young age after his father abandoned the family in the late thirties. With the death of his mother and the placing of his siblings into care Murphy was free, albeit under age, to enlist in the US Army where he proved to possess natural leadership qualities despite a lack of formal education. Involved in several major campaigns he wound up, as is well documented, the most decorated US serviceman with the Congressional Medal of Honor being his top award. The film chronicles his military career in a largely unspectacular fashion and remains watchable today.