There was a poll similar to this last yerar,
but without much response.
So please vote for you favourite Duke War Movie.

Mine is In Harm's Way

Mine is "They Were Expendable".

I'm sure I've shared this opinion several times over the past few years . . . is this deja vu??

I agree with Stumpy, as They Were Expendable is my favorite John Wayne war movie. It has a haunting quality that makes it feel like you're there with them. It's hard to recreate that feeling in a movie, but somehow it is accomplished in this film..

Mine is also In Harm's Way. Just watched it again the other day. I like Sands of Iwo Jima as my second favorite, followed closely by The Sea Chase.

Mark

I'm sure I've shared this opinion several times over the past few years . . . is this deja vu??


Jim, you probably have, but from searching back,
there was very little response to a previous poll/polls.

mine is "Sands of Iwo Jima"

In order:
In Harm's Way
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Green Berets
They Were Expendable
As usual, if I happen to watch one of these, at that time it moves to the top!
Cheers - Jay:beer:

Hopefully we'll get more votes,
but currently

They Were Expendable (1945)

is the favoutite at the moment.

Anyone who hasn't voted, please do.

If any members have not voted in this, please do.

OK, OK I've voted. Pretty sure I'll be the only one voting for Back to Bataan. I really like the story in this one.

I went with They Were Expendable, it was tough though as I also really like In Harm's Way and Sand's of Iwo Jima.

Has to be Sands of Iwo Jima followed by Green Berets


MIke

I have several favorites here but They Were Expendable is probably my favorite.

In Harms Way is also my favorite. I watched it last night. My number two is They Were Expendable.
A great quote from In Harms Way
"A Fast Ship Going inn harms Way"

Flying Tigers is my favorite, I think it is classic John Wayne, humor, guts, tough, gets the girl, etc..
Andy:hyper:

Back to Bataan is my all time favorite, it's just pure awesome.

Mine is In Harms Way. I actually really enjoy all of his war movies.

How do you pick between They Were Expendable, In Harm's Way, and Sands of Iwo Jima? I finally went to the latter because of the power of his acting. Yet he's magnificent in the other two also. Who said this guy couldn't act?

It was between Green Berets and Sands of Iwo Jima. I picked the latter as well. Due to the fact of the great acting and it was along with Rio Bravo that propelled me to learn more about Duke and his life. It was the start of my video collection as well. This was the second of many more movies I collected starring John Wayne.

Cheers :cool:

I voted for "Back to Bataan". That's my personal favorite of his war movies. Also I like "Flying Tigers", "Sands of Iwo Jima" and "The Longest Day". (actually the only two I don't care for are "Sea Chase" and "Reunion in France", other than that I like 'em all)

I always have considered "The Alamo" and the "Cavalry Trilogy" to be as much war movies as they are westerns... to me four of the best historical/military movies.

I love the Wings of Eagles! It inspires me to keep going when things get bad, and to me even though the movie is on a true life character, I believe that if John Wayne would have been in that same situation, he would have fought every step of the way. Just like he did in real life with his cancer fight! I have to say he inspires me everyday of my life!!!!
Stacy

in harms way -great acting all around-anyone who says hes not an great actor has never seen his scenes with douglas,neal meridith or de wilde plus they say he was coughing really bad by then and you cant tell

My vote is for Sergeant Stryker's haunted bitterness that drives him to the Sands of Iwo Jima.





We deal in lead, friend.

My vote is for Sergeant Stryker's haunted bitterness that drives him to the Sands of Iwo Jima.

Very good assessment of the movie.
Sands is my second favorite Duke War Movie.

Chester :newyear:

In harms way is the best in my opinion. Duke and douglas are superb The cast is second to none. It shows how asleep we were but it also shows how fast awake we became and just how we took control of the south Pacific. i watch it frequently as also Patton.

There are so many. I've never seen Duke give a better performance than In Harm's Way. Sgt. Stryker ("haunted bitterness" awesome description above) makes me want to lock and load. Other great performances in "They Were Expendible" and in "On Wings of Eagles," both of which essentially tragedies. Which is the best? Maybe I'll just have to watch them all again to decide.

the horse soldiers is great

The Horse Soldiers is a good movie, but it doesn't come close to John Ford's cavalry trilogy (Fort Apache, Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande) of the late 1940s. I think age and alcoholism were taking their toll on Ford. So I always watch the Horse Soldiers with a sense of disappointment close at hand--not that I don't enjoy it.

I liked They were Exspendable, but i thought it dragged a little bit. Its a toss up for me between Sands of Iwo Jima and In Harm's Way.