OLD WAR FILMS

[joseyclosey]

The Boat, a excellent book by Lothar Günther Buchheim and a very good film....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATEjQhdf ... re=related

[DoubleD]

The Forty Thousand Horseman was remade I think in later years as The Light Horseman which is quite qoood.

Walmart in the US in their 2 for $5 DVD bin has a series called War Classics. Some of those great old WWII propaganda movies and some grat old classics and some very bad B grade war movies.

Here is the titles from the 4 DVD's I have

Hitlers SS: portrait of evil 1985 with Jose Ferrer
Eagles Attack at Dawn 1970 with Peter Brown
Commando 1962 with Stewart Granger
Go for Broke 1951 with Van Johnson
Casablanca Express 1989 with Glenn ford
Waterfront 1944 with John Carradine and J Carrolo Nash
Cold War Killer 1986 with Michael Culver
A Yank in Libya 1942 with H.B.Warner
The Sell out 1976 with Richard Widmark
Submarine Base 1943 with John Litel
North Star 1943 with Walter Brennan
Gun Ho 1943 with Randolph Scott
Black Brigade 1969 with Richard Pryor
Almut Ambush 1986 with Michael Culver
They Raid by Night 1942 with Lyle Talbut
Five forHell 1968 with Klaus Kinski

[oneshooter]

Gonna revive this old thread with a new entry. Have any of you seen the movie "Battle of the River Plate" I enjoyed the heck out of it as it used real warships. Some of which were in the real battle!!
WIKI article : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle ... ate_(film)

Should be available for rent.

Oneshooter
Livin in Texas