Subgenre Sampler
Theirs is the Glory (Men of Arnhem) (1946)- Dir. Brian Desmond Hurst
Feat. Stanley Maxted - British war movie depicting the 1st Airborne Division's involvement in the 1944 Battle of Arnhem, a battle which was also the subject of A BRIDGE TOO…
Years Between, The (1946)- Dir. Compton Bennett
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Dame Flora Robson - Michael Redgrave plays a British MI6 officer who returns home after working for the French Resistance to find that his wife, who had presumed him…
A Bell For Adano (1945)- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix… - Hodiak plays an army major assigned to restore order in a small Italian town in this gentle–natured drama. The luminous –and blonde…
Objective, Burma (1945)- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Errol Flynn, James Brown - A swift, gritty WW2 actioner in which Errol Flynn heads a paratroop mission to disable a Japanese radar station against considerable odds.
Rome: Open City (1945)
- Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi - Neo–realist war drama about resistance fighters in fascist Italy places the action right inside the everyday and humanises the heroic.…
They Were Expendable (1945)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Robert Montgomery - Fine tribute to the US Torpedo–boat troops who were last to retreat from the Philippines after Pearl Harbour. John Wayne and Robert Montgomery…
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.
Way to the Stars, The (1945)- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. John Mills, Michael Redgrave, Douglas Montgomery… - An RAF airfield in WWII is the setting of this unassuming war–drama, set around the lives of the ‘flyers’ and the ground–crew. Given…
- Fighting Sullivans, The (1944)
- Dir. Lloyd Bacon
Feat. Anne Baxter, Edward Ryan - Early telling of the true story that inspired SAVING PRIVATE RYAN about five brothers who served in WWII (in reality, at Guadacanal).
Henry V (1944)- Dir. Laurence Olivier
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks - Brimming with zest, this Shakespeare adaption became an instant classic when released, featuring Laurence Olivier in full sail as the youthful…
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