Subgenre Sampler
Long Gray Line, The (1955)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp - Engrossing true life tale of military instructors Marty Maher and his rise to the top of his profession.
Mister Roberts (1955)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon - Naval officer Henry Fonda yearns for combat but instead must tolerate his eccentric captain (James Cagney). Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for his funny…
Napoleon (1955)- Dir. Sacha Guitry
Feat. Daniel Gelin, Raymond Pellegrin, Yves Montand… - A somewhat farcical film that suffers from being dubbed into English, over–narration, and the attempt to give a complete account of Napoleon's…
Nuit et Broulliard (Night and Fog) (1955)- Dir. Alain Resnais
- Haunting, influential doco on the Nazi concentration camps investigates the ways in which images of past events cause guilt for those in the present,…
To Hell and Back (1955)- Dir. Jesse Hibbs
Feat. Audie Murphy - Unique war film presents Audie Murphy in his own real–life story as the most decorated US Soldier during WW2.
Wajda's War Trilogy (A Generation, Kanal, Ashes & Diamonds) (1955-1958)- Dir. Andrzej Wajda
- Polish visionary Wajda's trilogy of war masterworks.
Bridges at Toko-Ri, The (1954)- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. William Holden, Grace Kelly - Ace pilot William Holden is out to destroy the 'impossible' target in this excellent Korean War thriller.
Caine Mutiny, The (1954)- Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Feat. Humphrey Bogart - Solid action with unstable Ship's Captain Humphrey Bogart contending with mutinies and typhoons.
Carrington V.C. (Court Martial) (1954)- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Allan Cuthbertson - Legal drama adapted from the stage play in which a court–martial attempts to find out why, and if, an officer embezzled his unit's funds.
Dambusters, The (Dam Busters, The) (1954)- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Charles Carson - British inventor Barnes Wallis's ingenious attempts to destroy German dams during WWII forms the basis of this splendid thriller. Michael Redgrave…
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