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Not a bad film. It's B-movie roots show early on, and some suspension of disbelief is required here and there. Still, while it might not be Pork Chop Hill, Ryan and Aldo Ray give strong performances, and the movie really comes together in the last 45 minutes. 6.75/10
1 posted on 11/28/2014 6:36:31 PM PST by DemforBush
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Previous offerings:

The Stranger7/10

Decision Before Dawn7.5/10

The Woman in the Window8/10

Plunder Road6.75/10

The Hitch-Hiker7/10

The Big Heat8.5/10 (Now blocked by youtube)

Stalag 178/10

The Enemy Below7.5/10.

Kiss of Death7.25/10

The Killers8.0/10

Stagecoach8.25/10

DOA7.5/10

Breaker Morant8.5/10

Detour7/10

The Flim-Flam Man7/10

Stalingrad7.7/10

Sleuth8/10

Evil Roy Slade7/10

2 posted on 11/28/2014 6:37:21 PM PST by DemforBush (A Repo Man is always intense.)
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Ah! Vic Morrow. Before he made sergeant.


4 posted on 11/28/2014 6:44:05 PM PST by MUDDOG
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Its, not It’s. Argh.


5 posted on 11/28/2014 6:50:03 PM PST by DemforBush (A Repo Man is always intense.)
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6 posted on 11/28/2014 6:51:18 PM PST by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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And, I thought my WWII combat wounded paratrooper dad and I
had seen every war movie made from the ‘40s thru the ‘60s.
Can’t recall this one. Aldo Ray? I wonder how many war
flicks between he and Richard Jaeckel?


10 posted on 11/28/2014 7:36:32 PM PST by Sivad (NorCal red turf ;-))
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And, I thought my WWII combat wounded paratrooper dad and I
had seen every war movie made from the ‘40s thru the ‘60s.
Can’t recall this one. Aldo Ray? I wonder how many war
flicks between he and Richard Jaeckel?


11 posted on 11/28/2014 7:37:35 PM PST by Sivad (NorCal red turf ;-))
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Later


12 posted on 11/29/2014 4:34:07 AM PST by gaijin
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Thank you!


13 posted on 11/29/2014 2:54:48 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Mind your atomic bonds.)
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Vic Morrow's career was just getting underway. He wasn't even 30 yet.

He was wonderful as the shell-shocked Cpl. He was so little boy like that you wanted to comfort him. Sgt. Saunders, OTOH, would not show pity.

15 posted on 12/13/2014 1:49:19 AM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (TOUCH MY SODA AND THERE'LL BE HELL TO PAY!!)
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