Subgenre Sampler
Last Valley, The (1971)- Dir. James Clavell
Feat. Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Brian Blessed - Epically framed, though a little ponderous, this action vehicle for Michael Caine is set in the final decade of the 17th century 'Thirty Years War'.…
Murphy's War (1971)- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Philippe Noiret - Shipwrecked off the coast of Venezuala by a U–Boat near the end of WWII, Peter O'Toole decides to recuperate a derelict seaplane and mount a…
Raid on Rommel (1971)- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Richard Burton, John Colicos, Wolfgang Preiss - In 1942 Libya, a German–speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret…
Third Part of the Night (Trzecia czesc nocy) (1971)- Dir. Andrzej Zulawski
- A World War II film told as a feverish abstract nightmare. Set in Nazi–occupied Poland, the story follows a young man who joins the resistance…
Catch 22 (1970)
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Orson Welles - An acerbic anti–war statement based on the much–hailed novel about a WW2 fighter pilot's reluctance to fight, in order to preserve his…
Darling Lili (1970)- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson - Julie Andrews goes undercover as an all–singing, all–dancing German spy in this deceptively peachy WWI musical. Also starring the…
John Pilger's Documentaries That Changed the World (The Quiet Mutiny; Do You Remember Vietnam?; Year Zero; Death of a Nation) (1970-1994)- Dir. David Munro, John Pilger
Feat. John Pilger - Four of journalist John Pilger's most important documentaries, that exemplify his fiercely humanist perspective which makes few concessions to…
Kelly's Heroes (1970)- Dir. Brian G. Hutton
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas… - Comic WWII yarn in which Clint Eastwood recruits a wildcat tank platoon to help rob a bank in German territory. Features one of Donald Sutherland's…
Last Grenade, The (1970)- Dir. Gordon Flemyng
Feat. Sir Stanley Baker, Honor Blackman, Alex Cord… - Slam–bang action pic with Baker and Cord as opposing mercenaries duking it out in exotic Hong Kong locales, shot in scope and with a…
McKenzie Break, The (Escape) (1970)- Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry - Mostly engrossing, and certainly unusual and authentic, this is a WWII POW escape yarn with a difference – here, it's Germans attempting to…
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