Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Cross of Iron (1977)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason… - A doomed German platoon facing annihilation at Russian hands find their instinct for personal glory greater than their instinct for…
Eagle Has Landed, The (1977)- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall - German commandos plot to assasinate Winston Churchill in this suspenseful thriller, apparently based on fact. Michael Caine, strangely plausible as a…
Last Remake of Beau Geste, The (1977)- Dir. Marty Feldman
Feat. Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret… - Marty Feldman directs and co–writes this star–studded satire loosely based on the novel Beau Geste, a frequently–filmed story of…
MacArthur (1977)- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Gregory Peck - A well–mounted political biography of the WW2 General during the Pacific wars.
Battle of Midway (1976)- Dir. John Smight
Feat. Henry Fonda, Charlton Heston - A large–scale re–enactment of this decisive WWII naval battle. A huge all–star cast, scrap it out.
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard - Well–made, though somewhat old–fashioned version of Barry England's play about misbehaviour among the British Army in India. The stars…
A Fistful of Dynamite (Duck, You Sucker!) (1971)- Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Romolo Valli - Leone’s final spaghetti–western is a sprawling adventure set in the Mexican revolution, with fistfuls of action and comedy aplenty to rival…
Last Valley, The (1971)- Dir. James Clavell
Feat. Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Brian Blessed - Epically framed, though a little ponderous, this action vehicle for Michael Caine is set in the final decade of the 17th century 'Thirty Years War'.…
Murphy's War (1971)- Dir. Peter Yates
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Sian Phillips, Philippe Noiret - Shipwrecked off the coast of Venezuala by a U–Boat near the end of WWII, Peter O'Toole decides to recuperate a derelict seaplane and mount a…
Raid on Rommel (1971)- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Richard Burton, John Colicos, Wolfgang Preiss - In 1942 Libya, a German–speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret…
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