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The Blue Peter [Navy Heroes] ** (1955, Kieron Moore, Greta Gynt, Sarah Lawson, Mervyn Johns) – Classic Movie Review 13,451

The 1955 British film The Blue Peter [Navy Heroes] stars Kieron Moore as a shellshocked World War Two naval war hero, who tries to find himself again in peacetime by training lads at an Outward […]

Apr, 01

The Bamboo Prison ** (1954, Robert Francis, Brian Keith, E G Marshall, Jerome Courtland, Dianne Foster) – Classic Movie Review 11,736

Director Lewis Seiler’s 1954 Columbia Pictures black and white film The Bamboo Prison stars Robert Francis, Brian Keith, E G Marshall, Jerome Courtland, and Dianne Foster. A good cast kicks some oomph into a below-par, […]

Nov, 20

Missing in Action ** (1984, Chuck Norris, M Emmet Walsh, David Tress) – Classic Movie Review 10,312

The 1984 Vietnam War action film Missing in Action established Chuck Norris as a major action star in the 1980s. Director Joseph Zito’s 1984 film Missing in Action stars Chuck Norris, who chucks himself back […]

Sep, 16

Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious ** (1965, Alec Guinness, Mike Connors, Robert Redford) – Classic Movie Review 9945

The 1965 US-German co-production black and white comedy Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious is based on actor Robert Shaw’s novel The Hiding and is produced and directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, the son of the […]

Jun, 21

Danger Within [Breakout] *** (1959, Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Donald Houston, Peter Arne) – Classic Movie Review 8939

Director Don Chaffey’s 1959 British in black and white war movie drama Danger Within [Breakout] is old-fashioned (even in 1959) but still involving stuff, boosted by the reliably strong playing from stiff-lipped stalwarts Richard Todd, […]

Sep, 25

The Purple Heart *** (1944, Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger) – Classic Movie Review 8886

That noble director of war movies Lewis Milestone gave us All Quiet On The Western Front, A Walk In The Sun, Halls of Montezuma and also this World War Two look at the plight of […]

Sep, 08

Back Door to Hell ** (1964, Jimmie Rodgers, Jack Nicholson, John Hackett) – Classic Movie Review 7,847

The 1964 black and white Back Door to Hell is a youthful partnership of director Monte Hellman and star Jack Nicholson in a war film about a World War Two Philippines mission by three US […]

Nov, 27

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