Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies???

Gary Grigsby’s War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945 is a turn-based World War II strategy game stretching across the entire Eastern Front. Gamers can engage in an epic campaign, including division-sized battles with realistic and historical terrain, weather, orders of battle, logistics and combat results.

The critically and fan-acclaimed Eastern Front mega-game Gary Grigsby’s War in the East just got bigger and better with Gary Grigsby’s War in the East: Don to the Danube! This expansion to the award-winning War in the East comes with a wide array of later war scenarios ranging from short but intense 6 turn bouts like the Battle for Kharkov (1942) to immense 37-turn engagements taking place across multiple nations like Drama on the Danube (Summer 1944 – Spring 1945).

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I say upgrade...go for Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum or the all time great, John Wayne....I think they were involved in a few movies concerning at least the War in the West....At least if another Grigsby game comes out, concerning the West side of things, you would be ahead of the next curve. While you at it, throw in Charles Bronson too.

No offense, I just can't see Cary Grant storming the beaches of Normandy...

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James Garner stormed the beaches of Normandy in the "The Americanization of Emily"...
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I could handle throwing in James Garne...However, the best one for me is Clint Easwood in 'Where Eagles Dare',,,,Only consequence, he should have bumped off Richard Burton in the end, just for good measure. Even if Ole' Richard was a good guy.

Can't stand that guy in anything.
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James Coburn was starring in 'Steiner - Iron Cross'. Not really authentic though. To put Yanks into Landser boots is like taking Germans for Confederates.
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That movie with Coburn was gross....wasn't one of my favorites.
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No contest: James Coburn is by far the best icon for the Eastern Front - unless you want a bad guy in which case you could go for Maximilian Schell.

And BTW, although you have a right not to like it, Cross of Iron is considered by most as one of the best war movies ever made (if not the best).

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Dunno, from today's perspective most of these old war movies were not very believable and some downright ridiculous. However, I enjoyed Saving Private Ryan for it's stunning D-Day scenes, and The Fall for authenticity.
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No contest: James Coburn is by far the best icon for the Eastern Front - unless you want a bad guy in which case you could go for Maximilian Schell.

And BTW, although you have a right not to like it, Cross of Iron is considered by most as one of the best war movies ever made (if not the best).
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To put Yanks into Landser boots is like taking Germans for Confederates.

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Keep the one you have and get another with James Coburn.
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John Gavin starred in a little seen movie titled A Time to Love and a Time to Die. He was a German soldier in the EF who got leave, wnt home for his romantic interlude, and then got killed when he returned to the front. I last saw it maybe 30 years ago and thought it was a pretty good movie. Maybe you can find a pic or two on IMDB.com.
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George C. Scott playing Patton is the all time best...
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Check out Gregory Peck,I believe he starred as a soviet partisan leader in some vintage black and white movie in the 40's. The movie plot had a submerged bridge in it as well they needed to locate. I only saw the movie once but the plot stuck with me for about 35 yrs. Now I will probably go and research this,who knows i might use it as an avatar.

AHA! It was "Days of Glory" a 1944 film. His co-star was Tamara Toumanova.

Well only available in VHS......not to be confused with the fairly recent movie also titled: Days of Glory about the French Algerian forces in WWII.
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James Coburn was starring in 'Steiner - Iron Cross'. Not really authentic though. To put Yanks into Landser boots is like taking Germans for Confederates.

Of course I am not German, but I always thought Coburn´s job in that movie was amazing. Given that you are [apparently] German you must know what you are talking about [:)]

As for the thread title, er, I really cannot imagine Cary Grant in the Eastern Front. Well, stalking Russian nurses 600 km behind the front perhaps [:D]
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What about Col. Klink or Sgt. Shultz or perhaps that short guy from 'Rowan and Martins Laugh in' ?
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Or Telly Savalas from "Kelly's Heroes"

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I've decided to go with Robert Shaw, Col. Martin Hessler in "Battle of the Bulge", nothing like a good panzer commander to keep the front moving along [8D]
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Having trouble with changing my avatar, I have another nice "Col Hessler" photo.  But perhaps at a later date.
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Well, Shaw is a better choice than Coburn.

I like the Panzerlied scene from that Bulge movie.
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