Lewis Milestone

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All Quiet On the Western Front (1930): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray…; Landmark film looks at WW1 from the enemy's point of view. It remains brilliant and quite moving after all these years. Academy Award winner for Best…
Rain (1932): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Joan Crawford, Walter Huston; A turbulent adaptation of Somerset Maugham's short story 'Miss Thompson' set on a Samoan island quarantine station during the rainy season. When a…
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan…; Freewheeling musical comedy set (and made) during the Great Depression, with Al Jolson playing a hobo in New York who falls in love with the mayor's…
Of Mice and Men (1939): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney, Burgess Meredith, Betty Field…; A mentally–challenged giant and his level–headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in this adaptation of John Steinbeck's…
Edge of Darkness (1943): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston…; Taut account of Resistance activities in Norway during WWII, has extra–good camerawork of Erroll Flynn, Ann Sheridan and Walter Huston in some…
Purple Heart, The (1944): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger…; Watchable flag–waver from WW2 depicts the show trial of a crew of American airmen (led by Andrews) who are shot down over Tokyo in 1944. Has…
Walk in the Sun, A (1945): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne…; Absorbing character study of men at war set in WW2 North Africa.
Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin…; Compelling noir with Barbara Stanwyck as the eponymous rich bitch whose dark secret threatens to topple her off her ivory tower.
Halls of Montezuma (1950): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Karl Malden…; Unflashy and well–cast war film, that follows the US Marines into action on a Pacific island. Makes a fairly gung–ho contrast to dir.…
They Who Dare (1953): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Dirk Bogarde; Bonus film with SLEEPING TIGER is a Dirk Bogarde WWII actioner that details a commando raid on German–controlled Aegean air fields.
Pork Chop Hill (1959): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn…; Given a gritty believability by Dir. Milestone ('All Quiet on the Western Front'), this recounts the bloody, meaningless conquest of a lowly hill…
Ocean's Eleven (Ocean's 11) (1960): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Jr. Davis, Peter Lawford…; The definitive 'Rat Pack' movie, with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop among the eleven confederates who…
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962): Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris…; The story of Captain Bligh and mutineer Fletcher Christian is orchestrated here with a star cast and many a visual flourish. Marred, though not…

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