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Three old Korea War films well worth tracking down

Fixed Bayonets

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043540/?ref_=tt_mv_close

The Steel Helmet

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044072/?ref_=tt_sims_tt

Above films have same director which isn't a bad thing

Men at War

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050699/?ref_=ttls_li_tt

Old WW2 film, another great watch.

Attack

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048966/?ref_=ttls_li_tt

All these great old B\W war films that are forgotten when great war film threads start up.

I like Hamburger Hill, the music is good. It shows the stupidity of fighting a battle, walking away, then the enemy just comes back so it happens all over again. Hamburger Hill also shows the brotherhood of the men involved.

I met someone who was in that battle depicted in "We Were Soldiers."

RangerJoe, I found the acting pretty bad. Though the battle was well done if I remember.

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RangerJoe, I found the acting pretty bad. Though the battle was well done if I remember.

Remember, they were playing soldiers in a somewhat different cultural era. It is the story that is important for that movie, at least for me. Besides, some soldiers are pretty bad actors otherwise they would not be in so much trouble in garrison.

ORIGINAL: RFalvo69

Two very good war movies are, sadly, in Italian only. Both have Alberto Sordi in it. "La Grande Guerra" ("The Great War" - 1959) is the story of two Italian slackers and their adventures in WWI; part comedy but part serious drama, the bittersweet ending made me cry when I was a kid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFLlQfx ... l=FILMAURO

The other is "Tutti a Casa" ("Everybody Go Home" - 1960) about the effect of the Armistice on the Italian troops. It is funnier, even if it doesn't lack the bitter parts typical of the post-war Italian cinema.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x74gfua

Aren't you forgetting Captain Corelli's Mandolin? Why, with such authentic Italian actors as Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Christian Bale and John Hurt, how could you go wrong?

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Play Dirty (1969) starring Michael Caine.

Watched it as a kid with my dad because he liked it. Great film with a great downbeat final scene and ending. Written by Melvyn Bragg. For those from the UK of a certain age they will recognise the name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9lQuLRxsqs

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063443/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lSy-TbP03g

My dad was a RE in Palestine in '39, and then various points west of there over the next few years. He said that Play Dirty was the only war film he had ever watched that came close to how the desert really is.

Thanks for the info.

It felt like it had the ring of truth to it even when was I a kid.

I think the downbeat ending was to do with the anti-war focus at the time it was made (1969) and was trying to make a statement about the then current war in Vietnam.

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Does "Ensign Pulver" qualify as a war movie? Man I loved that movie as a Kid.

Love that. Robert Walker was Ensign Pulver and he was also in Easy Rider?

Maybe my memory is playing tricks on me. I can't be bothered to DuckDuckGo it.

WarKill 1968

Forgotten gem of war movies.
Pacific war, Philippines. One of the best imho

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Check out Murphys War with Peter o tool ; it has the most ironic ending in any war movie

Great film! Possibly the only film ever to feature a Grumman OA-12 Duck.

Did you know that Peter O'Toole was married to his co-star Siân Phillips for 12 years before the film release in 1971? They went on together to make Goodbye Mr Chips, though O'Toole was always bitter to Phillips (they married when she was very pregnant to another man). Phillips later went on to play the wicked Livia, Augustus' wife in I Claudius.

Hell is for Heroes (1962) starring Steve McQueen. Great film, slightly on the dark side with McQueen playing a bitter loner. Apparently most of the actors hated the film due to poor budgeting and bad props. Apparently McQueen's Grease Gun kept jamming in the film, and it wasn't scripted, but due to badly made blanks.

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Check out Murphys War with Peter o tool ; it has the most ironic ending in any war movie

Great film! Possibly the only film ever to feature a Grumman OA-12 Duck.

Did you know that Peter O'Toole was married to his co-star Siân Phillips for 12 years before the film release in 1971? They went on together to make Goodbye Mr Chips, though O'Toole was always bitter to Phillips (they married when she was very pregnant to another man). Phillips later went on to play the wicked Livia, Augustus' wife in I Claudius.

Love Goodbye to Mr Chips..the black and white version.

ORIGINAL: wodin

ORIGINAL: pbrowne

ORIGINAL: pkpowers

Check out Murphys War with Peter o tool ; it has the most ironic ending in any war movie

Great film! Possibly the only film ever to feature a Grumman OA-12 Duck.

Did you know that Peter O'Toole was married to his co-star Siân Phillips for 12 years before the film release in 1971? They went on together to make Goodbye Mr Chips, though O'Toole was always bitter to Phillips (they married when she was very pregnant to another man). Phillips later went on to play the wicked Livia, Augustus' wife in I Claudius.

Love Goodbye to Mr Chips..the black and white version.

warspite1

I think I've only seen the O'Toole/Clark version. A very good film - but a bit of a tear-jerker.

Remember, we are discussing/discovering old classics.
It's not the time period of the subject, but the time period the film was created in.

The recent Midway film was neat visually, and a lot different feeling than the older film, but often, it's the age the film was made in that made it memorable.

After watching The Battle of the Coral Sea, I find it hard to like if you watched it for the battle (which was horribly accomplished).
I liked watching The Graf Spee film Battle of the River Plate, but the vessels used in the film were of course not ideal. We kinda sank the German navy. Not much left to use in the film. The Sink the Bismarck film is a better looking film I suppose. I don't recall much in naval film for the Mediterranean. There must be something out there that isn't documentary.

S.O.S. Submarine (1941)
Uomini sul fondo (original title)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034346/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

The crew of an Italian sub is trapped in the hull after a collision. Heroism ensues. This movie was made with a real submarine crew instead of professional actor, and as fascist propaganda. The story, however, has nothing especially "fascist" in it and can be labeled as "universal".

La nave bianca (1941)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033941/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Made by Roberto Rossellini, it is the story of an hospital ship during the war. Once again no professional actors were employed, but the real crew of an Italian hospital ship. A naval battle in the movie is re-enacted by splicing together real footage from the Battle of Punta Stilo and the Battle of Cape Teulada (here you can see a rare reconstruction of what happened inside a ship involved in a naval battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krFxUrZ ... alex84roma) Once again, the actions shown could belong to any ship from any nation in WWII (and the movie actually shows the battle in a realistic, not "glorious" way).

Breaker Morant (1980)

...all I need to say is that if you visit this forum and haven't seen this film then you should...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrTAxJttwE

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Breaker Morant (1980)

...all I need to say is that if you visit this forum and haven't seen this film then you should...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrTAxJttwE

Is it about the struggle of common people who talk about a pandemic and internet censorship while trying not to become political? [:'(]

ORIGINAL: RedLancer

Breaker Morant (1980)

...all I need to say is that if you visit this forum and haven't seen this film then you should...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrTAxJttwE

Great film.

Another one I watched with my dad as a kid but only came to realise how great a film it is when I got older.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx7y4RjgiBc

Soldiers of the Queen. Sung by Edward Woodward.


^ SPOILERS. IF YOU WANNA WATCH THE MOVIE DON'T WATCH THIS.

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Breaker Morant (1980)

...all I need to say is that if you visit this forum and haven't seen this film then you should...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNrTAxJttwE

warspite1

Thanks for posting. I hadn't realised it was available on YouTube and hadn't seen that in many, many years.

A very good film, well acted - though as with many such films one should take many elements of it with a pinch of salt if looking for historical accuracy.