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Blockhouse, TheBlockhouse, The (1973)
Dir. Clive Rees
Feat. Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp
A crafted, though minor serious role for Sellers as one of a number of slave–labourers at work on the Nazi's Normandy defence bunkers. On…
MASH (TV Series)MASH (TV Series) (M*A*S*H) (1972-1983)
Feat. Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Loretta Swit
Long running and much loved TV Series loosely based on Robert Altman’s 1969 film set in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean…
Up the FrontUp the Front (1972)
Dir. Bob Kellett
Feat. Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, Hermione Baddeley
One of Frankie Howerd's bigscreen starring roles in a spinoff of the 'Up Pompeii' TV Series. Here he plays an WWII soldier who has invasion plans…
A Fistful of DynamiteA Fistful of Dynamite (Duck, You Sucker!) (1971) Recommended
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…
Dad's Army The MovieDad's Army The Movie (1971)
Dir. Norman Cohen
Feat. Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn
The feature film is a coarser expansion of the characters and situations that endeared millions to the long–running TV show.
Johnny Got His GunJohnny Got His Gun (1971) Recommended
Dir. Dalton Trumbo
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, Marsha Hunt, Jason Robards Jr.
Excoriating anti–war statement based on the dir.'s own novel, concerns an ordinary infantryman in WW1 and his nightmare experiences. In 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…
Kelly's HeroesKelly's Heroes (1970)
Dir. Brian G. Hutton
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas
Comic WWII yarn in which Clint Eastwood recruits a wildcat tank platoon to help rob a bank in German territory. Features one of Donald Sutherland's…
Last Grenade, TheLast Grenade, The (1970)
Dir. Gordon Flemyng
Feat. Sir Stanley Baker, Honor Blackman, Alex Cord
Slam–bang action pic with Baker and Cord as opposing mercenaries duking it out in exotic Hong Kong locales, shot in scope and with a…
McKenzie Break, TheMcKenzie Break, The (Escape) (1970) Recommended
Dir. Lamont Johnson
Feat. Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry
Mostly engrossing, and certainly unusual and authentic, this is a WWII POW escape yarn with a difference – here, it's Germans attempting to…

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