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Carrington VC [Court Martial] **** (1954, David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Noelle Middleton, Laurence Naismith, Clive Morton, Mark Dignam) – Classic Movie Review 5095
Anthony Asquith directs this 1954 movie adaptation of the Dorothy and Campbell Christie hit play with his usual professional care and an eye for dramatic tension. An ideally cast David Niven stars as Carrington VC, […]
Tunes of Glory **** (1960, Alec Guinness, John Mills, Susannah York, Dennis Price, Kay Walsh, Duncan Macrae, Gordon Jackson, John Fraser, Allan Cuthbertson, Peter McEnery) – Classic Movie Review 4481
An acting battle royal between theatrical knights Sir Alec Guinness (in a peculiar red wig) and Sir John Mills is the cornerstone of director Ronald Neame’s engrossing 1960 British military drama Tunes of Glory, with […]
Von Ryan’s Express **** (1965, Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Edward Mulhare, Brad Dexter, John Leyton, Raffaella Carrà) – Classic Movie Review 2,481
Allied prisoners of war make a daring escape by hijacking their freight train and fleeing through German-occupied Italy to Switzerland, in the 1965 World War Two adventure film Von Ryan’s Express, starring Frank Sinatra. Director […]
Broken Arrow *** (1996, John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis) Classic Movie Review 1722
Director John Woo’s wild and wayward 1996 action thriller provides John Travolta with an extravagant role that he clearly relishes as cool aviator Major Vic Deakins. He hijacks his own plane with a couple of […]
We Were Soldiers **** (2002, Mel Gibson, Chris Klein, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear) – Classic Movie Review 1141
Writer-director Randall Wallace’s 2002 release stars Mel Gibson, who arms up for this raw, gung-ho Vietnam War film, in which he stars as real-life Lt Col Hal Moore, who leads an American force into ‘Nam […]
Rules of Engagement *** (2000, Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, Blair Underwood, Bruce Greenwood, Anne Archer) – Classic Movie Review 957
Director William Friedkin’s sharply handled, well-acted, sometimes exciting 2000 movie is an intriguing, intelligent and provocative mix of action movie, courtroom drama, ethical discussion and morality tale. An embittered Vietnam veteran-turned-small-time-lawyer, Colonel Hayes Hodges (Tommy […]
The Dirty Dozen ***** (1967, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson) – Classic Movie Review 813
Robert Aldrich’s 1967 World War Two action movie The Dirty Dozen is a fondly remembered, often screened blockbuster smash-hit. It’s not a subtle film but it is an thoroughly exciting one, with an iconic cast. Director […]