The Bold and the Brave is a 1956 American World War II film written by Robert Lewin in his first screenplay based on some of his Italian Campaign experiences.

It was directed by Lewis R. Foster and stars Wendell Corey, Mickey Rooney, and Don Taylor.

The title song was cowritten by Mickey Rooney and Ross Bagdasarian, the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Dooley (Rooney), an inveterate gambler who runs a floating crap game up and down the Italian front.

A gambler and a World War II veteran himself, Rooney claimed to have adlibbed and directed his crap game sequence.