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Posts Tagged "US Navy"

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An Annapolis Story [The Blue and the Gold] * (1955, John Derek, Diana Lynn, Kevin McCarthy) – Classic Movie Review 10,480

‘Two Brothers Loving the Same Girl… As Dangerous as a Runaway Jet!’ Director Don Siegel’s disappointing, over-familiar 1953 American flag-waving patriotic soap opera An Annapolis Story [The Blue and the Gold] stars John Derek and […]

Oct, 30

Destination Gobi *** (1953, Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter) – Classic Movie Review 10,253

‘ADVENTURE AS FIERY AND FURIOUS AS THE FLAMING SANDS OF CHINA’S GOBI DESERT!’ Director Robert Wise’s 1953 drama Destination Gobi, his first film in colour, is an engrossing war adventure about US Navy men on […]

Sep, 01

The Bedford Incident ***** (1965, Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur, Eric Portman, Wally Cox, Martin Balsam) – Classic Movie Review 7078

Producer-director James B Harris’s 1965 thriller The Bedford Incident stars Richard Widmark in one of his most satisfying roles as US Naval destroyer commander Captain Eric Finlander, skipper of the American destroyer USS Bedford, who […]

May, 21

An Officer and a Gentleman **** (1982, Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith) – Classic Movie Review 1,993

Director Taylor Hackford’s 1982 military drama plus a dash of romance film An Officer and a Gentleman was one of Richard Gere’s biggest hits, propelling him to the front rank of stardom. He plays Zack […]

Dec, 23

Behind Enemy Lines *** (2001, Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Gabriel Macht) – Classic Movie Review 1667

Director John Moore’s 2001 action thriller stars Owen Wilson as Lieutenant Chris Burnett, the navigator of a US reconnaissance plane shot down by Serbs over Bosnia. He becomes stranded in enemy territory and goes on […]

Sep, 13

Under Siege (1992, Steven Seagal) – Classic Film Review 1017

Director Andrew Davis’s 1992 action thriller is a humdinger, hitting the target bull’s eye. Steven Seagal excites in his best film as ship’s cook and former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback. He fights back when ruthless […]

Mar, 29

The Last Detail ***** (1973, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Otis Young, Carol Kane, Clifton James, Michael Moriarty, Gilda Radner, Nancy Allen) – Classic Movie Review 924

Jack Nicholson stars in 1973 with Otis Young as US Navy lifer veterans who are commissioned to escort a young pilferer named Meadows to the brig in Portsmouth. His terrible crime was to try to […]

Mar, 16

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