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Posts Tagged "Burma"

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Escape to Burma ** (1955, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar) – Classic Movie Review 12,572

The humble, routine 1955 Technicolor adventure romance drama film Escape to Burma gets a lift from its stars Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan and David Farrar. Director Allan Dwan’s fairly humble and routine 1955 American Technicolor […]

Jul, 11

Never So Few *** (1959, Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lawford, Steve McQueen, Richard Johnson, Paul Henreid, Brian Donlevy, Dean Jones, Charles Bronson) – Classic Movie Review 11,637

Director John Sturges’s 1959 CinemaScope Metrocolor war film Never So Few [Campaign Burma] stars Frank Sinatra as Captain Tom C Reynolds, Allied leader of a tiny but stalwart band fighting the Japanese in Burma in […]

Oct, 09

The Wind Cannot Read *** (1958, Dirk Bogarde, Yôko Tani, John Fraser, Ronald Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 8200

‘2000 Years of Tradition Said “No!” To Their Love – But Nothing Could Stop It From Happening!’ Director Ralph Thomas’s 1958 British wartime romantic drama The Wind Cannot Read stars Dirk Bogarde at his most […]

Mar, 05

China Girl **** (1942, Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Alan Baxter, Sig Ruman) – Classic Movie Review 7790

Director Henry Hathaway’s busy, neat 1942 Twentieth Century Fox wartime adventure-cum-romance China Girl stars Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Alan Baxter and Sig Ruman. It is written by Ben Hecht, based on a […]

Nov, 15

The Purple Plain *** (1954, Gregory Peck, Bernard Lee, Win Min Than, Maurice Denham, Lyndon Brook) – Classic Movie Review 6349

Director Robert Parrish’s fine, distinguished 1954 British wartime adventure drama stars Gregory Peck as Squadron Leader Bill Forrester, a Canadian bomber pilot who is reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid. He […]

Dec, 03

Merrill’s Marauders **** (1962, Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin, Andrew Duggan, Peter Brown, Will Hutchins) – Classic Movie Review 6246

This first-class 1962 anti-war film from highly esteemed cult director Samuel Fuller is lustily done with lashings of bloody action. It is set in World War Two in Burma, where the 3,000-strong American unit, Merrill’s Marauders, […]

Nov, 13

Mine Own Executioner **** (1947, Burgess Meredith, Kieron Moore, Dulcie Gray, Barbara White, Christine Norden) – Classic Movie Review 5854

‘There’s nothing worse than a man who makes you take off your self-respect and keep your clothes on.’ Anthony Kimmins’s 1947 British film noir thriller of Nigel Balchin’s distinguished novel Mine Own Executioner is deservedly […]

Aug, 04

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