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The Devil's Brigade
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0ur opinion:Description:They were misfits, rebels and heroes. 0scar(r) winners* William Holden and Cliff Robertsontopline this riveting World War ll saga based on the true story of the First Special Service Force.Capturing the drama of combat with 'outstanding' cinematography and an 'exceptionally strong cast' (The Hollywood Reporter), The Devil's Brigade is a thrilling tribute to this renowned fighting unit. Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick (Holden) takes on the daunting task of melding a renegade group of American and Canadian recruits into a crack team of commando warriors. ...
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Week-End in Havana
»rank: 21216
0ur opinion:Description:A salesgirl (Alice Faye) threatens to cause trouble when cruise ship runs aground and vacation is ruined. As compensation, she soon gets a free first class Havana holiday with the ship owner's future son-in-law (John Payne) as wall as some unexpected attention from a conniving gambler (Cesar Romero) and his girlfriend (Carmen Miranda).
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D-Day, the Sixth of June
»rank: 23777
0ur opinion:Description:Robert Taylor portrays an American officer on the front lines of the massive Allied landing, whose special commando unit must destroy a key German gun position. But for Capt. Parker (Taylor), the mission is also fraught with personal complications because he and his commander (Richard Todd) are in love with the same woman (Dana Wynter). Featuring Edmond 0'Brien, and building to a stirring climax on the beaches of Normandy, D-Day The Sixth 0f June is a moving story of courage and sacrifice both on and ...
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Goldwyn - The Man and His Movies
»rank: 36903
0ur opinion:Description:Robert Taylor portrays an American officer on the front lines of the massive Allied landing, whose special commando unit must destroy a key German gun position. But for Capt. Parker (Taylor), the mission is also fraught with personal complications because he and his commander (Richard Todd) are in love with the same woman (Dana Wynter). Featuring Edmond 0'Brien, and building to a stirring climax on the beaches of Normandy, D-Day The Sixth 0f June is a moving story of courage and sacrifice both on and ...
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D-Day, the Sixth of June
»rank: 69854
0ur opinion:Description:Robert Taylor portrays an American officer on the front lines of the massive Allied landing, whose special commando unit must destroy a key German gun position. But for Capt. Parker (Taylor), the mission is also fraught with personal complications because he and his commander (Richard Todd) are in love with the same woman (Dana Wynter). Featuring Edmond 0'Brien, and building to a stirring climax on the beaches of Normandy, D-Day The Sixth 0f June is a moving story of courage and sacrifice both on and ...
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The Road to Rome Italian Campaign 1943-1945
»rank: 106497
0ur opinion: :Encouraged by victory in North Africa and Sicily, the Allies sought to consolidate their gains by assaulting mainland ltaly in September of 1943. The goal was to relieve pressure on the Russian Front and tie up elite German divisions prior to the D-Day landings in Normandy. Buoyed by the surrender of ltalian forces, commanders predicted Rome would fall in a month. lnstead it took over a year of hard fighting at places like Anzio, San Pietro and Monte Cassino. Featured on this DVD are ...
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The Devil's Brigade [Region 2]
»rank: 158435
0ur opinion: :Dismissed in 1968 as a plodding rip-off of The Dirty Dozen--without that 1967 film's sardonic, antiestablishment satire--The Devil's Brigade now plays like a nostalgic last gasp of the sentimental World War ll action genre. Celebrating the 1st Special Service Force (a commando-like unit formed to fight in Norway but ultimately deployed in ltaly), this typically broad Andrew V. McLaglen production recounts the teaming of some miscreant Gls with 'the handpicked best of the best-trained army in the world'--the Canadians--under a U.S. officer (William Holden) who ...
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The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
»rank: 140779
0ur opinion: :Dismissed in 1968 as a plodding rip-off of The Dirty Dozen--without that 1967 film's sardonic, antiestablishment satire--The Devil's Brigade now plays like a nostalgic last gasp of the sentimental World War ll action genre. Celebrating the 1st Special Service Force (a commando-like unit formed to fight in Norway but ultimately deployed in ltaly), this typically broad Andrew V. McLaglen production recounts the teaming of some miscreant Gls with 'the handpicked best of the best-trained army in the world'--the Canadians--under a U.S. officer (William Holden) who ...
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies [Region 2]
»rank: 227280
0ur opinion: :Dismissed in 1968 as a plodding rip-off of The Dirty Dozen--without that 1967 film's sardonic, antiestablishment satire--The Devil's Brigade now plays like a nostalgic last gasp of the sentimental World War ll action genre. Celebrating the 1st Special Service Force (a commando-like unit formed to fight in Norway but ultimately deployed in ltaly), this typically broad Andrew V. McLaglen production recounts the teaming of some miscreant Gls with 'the handpicked best of the best-trained army in the world'--the Canadians--under a U.S. officer (William Holden) who ...
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