What Are Your Favourite Non-Duke War Movies?

[smokey]

one that i like for laughs is Operation Petticoat, others i like are the great escape, 12o'clock high, battle of britain, the desert rats, the lighthorse men cant think of any more at this moment in time

cheers smokey

[Redcap]

A Bridge too Far, The Odd Angry Shot, Kokoda, Dunkirk, Colditz, to name a few. Most would be classified as classics.
Redcap

[alamo221]

my fave: Where Eagles Dare-who'd think Richard Burton & Clint Eastwood would make such a good team-

[Gorch]

Hell is For Heroes
Guns of Navarone
The Great Escape
Uncommon Valor
We Were Soldiers
Pork Chop Hill
Hamburger Hill
633 Squadron
Bataan
The Sand Pebbles




We deal in lead, friend.

[BILL OF PA]

I just watched it again today. Kelly's Heroes. good action, funny a pure pleasure. Donald Sutherland one of the all time great fun caricatures in flim history.

[JohnChisum]

Many great movies have been mentioned already.

Some of my favourites are:
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon
Das Boot (pretty good German Submarine Movie!)
Men in War
Paths of Glory
9 rota aka The 9th Company (Russian War Movie about Afghanistan)
Steiner - Cross of Iron
The Big Red One (According to the extras of the DVD Director Fuller spoke with John Wayne about the role of the Sergeant but IMO Lee Marvin was perfect in his role!)
Zulu (Never saw Zulu Dawn with Burt Lancaster)
Downfall
None but the Brave (Underrated War Movie with Frank Sinatra)
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Train
.....

[BILL OF PA]

John I highly recommend zulu Dawn.very good compaion film to Zulu.with Burt,Peter O'Toole,Bob Hoskins & Sir John MillS.

[Stumpy]

Technically, this isn't a movie but instead a TV miniseries. However, it's great viewing and the combat scenes are very realistic. Highly recommended.

[dukefan1]

That was my first purchase of any set that was on the expensive side, Stumpy. I usually can't get myself to drop over 30 dollars on anything involving DVDs. But I HAD to have Band Of Brothers. It was very well made, and the characters mirrored their real life men pretty good. I also highly recommend this set.

Mark

[Stumpy]

It was very well made, and the characters mirrored their real life men pretty good.

What was most surprising to me, Mark, was that the entire series was filmed in either the UK or continental Europe and most of the actors shown were Brits instead of Americans.

As you said, the series was very well made and the (British) actors did a helluva job portraying American paratroopers (and members of the Wehrmacht).

[ethanedwards]

What was most surprising to me, Mark, was that the entire series was filmed in either the UK or continental Europe and most of the actors shown were Brits instead of Americans.

As you said, the series was very well made and the (British) actors did a helluva job portraying American paratroopers (and members of the Wehrmacht).

Jim and Mark,

It was made mostly in the UK, by Mr. Spielberg,
with some scenes in Switzerland.

It was very well done as you say, using mainly Brits,

# A large portion of the American soldiers portrayed throughout the series are played British actors.

Here's the link to the IMDb trivia on it

Band Of Brothers

Some of the scenes were shot in the same locations as Spielbergs,
Saving Private Ryan

[Stumpy]

It was very well done as you say, using mainly Brits,

# A large portion of the American soldiers portrayed throughout the series are played by British actors.

I really liked that British-born actor Damian Lewis, who played the commander of the American unit. He did a bang-up job. I'd like to see him in more roles.

[ringo kid]

SOME OF MY FAVOURITE ARE
STALAG 17
THE GREAT ESCAPE
TO HELL AND BACK
BATTLEGROUND
THE 7th CROSS
THE FROGMEN
OBJECTIVE BURMA
A WALK IN THE SUN
RETREAT,HELL
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
DESPERATE JOURNEY
THE DIRTY DOZEN

[Stumpy]

I was wondering if any of you folks from the UK remember this film? It was always one of my favorites. What surprised me was the performance turned in by Anthony Newley, which was surprisingly good.

[ethanedwards]

I was wondering if any of you folks from the UK remember this film? It was always one of my favorites. What surprised me was the performance turned in by Anthony Newley, which was surprisingly good.

Jim, I do,
and it's been a long time since I saw it last.
Mostly filmed in the dark if I remember,
but a really good, tense film.
Anthony Newley of course also a singer,
turned in a better than average perfomance