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Tora! Tora! Tora!Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Martin Balsam, Soh Yamamura, Jason Robards Jr.
Elaborate account of events that led to the bombing of Pearl Harbour, told from both American and Japanese veiwpoints. Explosive finale.
WaterlooWaterloo (1970) Recommended
Dir. Sergei Bondarchuk
Feat. Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles
Napoleonic epic from the Russian director of WAR AND PEACE is dramatically woolly, but includes superb, sprawling battle–scenes. Rod Steiger…
Army of ShadowsArmy of Shadows (L'Armée des Ombres, aka Army in the Shadows) (1969) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Melville’s heavyweight masterpiece – by turns sombre, exhilarating, and tension–filled – tackles the clandestine rearguard…
Battle of BritainBattle of Britain (1969)
Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Trevor Howard
Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier head an ensemble cast of British old boys for this extravagant re–enactment of the famous aerial battle that…
Bridge at Remagen, TheBridge at Remagen, The (1969)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara
One of the tougher, smaller 60s Hollywood depictions of war in a period otherwise dominated by epic clunkers. In the later stages of WW2, George…
Castle KeepCastle Keep (1969)
Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Anachronistic WWII film in which a ragtag squad of GI's, led by an eye–patched Burt Lancaster, hunker down in a medieval castle and try to halt…
Five For HellFive For Hell (5 Per L'inferno) (1969)
Dir. Frank Kramer
Feat. Klaus Kinski, John Garko, Margaret Lee
A fun–loving leader of a bunch of odd–ball G.I's are sent on a suicide mission to steal the German secret attack plans from a villa…
MASHMASH (M*A*S*H) (1969) Recommended
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt
Dir. Robert Altman's biggest commercial success came with this irreverant and influential black comedy that spawned the more famous, but less daring…
Oh! What a Lovely WarOh! What a Lovely War (1969) Recommended
Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. John Rae, Corin Redgrave, Maurice Roeves
Powerful anti–war musical adapted from the play by Charles Chilton, which depicts the mass blunder of WWI through the experiences of the poor…
Probability Zero (1969)
Dir. Maurizio Lucidi
Feat. Henry Silva

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