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A Great weekend for war movies.
Your Cable/Dish TV | 11/12/05 | rebelbase

Posted on 11/12/2005 8:31:15 AM PST by Rebelbase

Great old/recent war movies on the tube today:

AMC:

Saturday, November 12, 2005

1:00 AM/EST Strategic Air Command Color 112 min      

3:30 AM/EST Von Ryan's Express Color 117 min        

6:00 AM/EST The Frogmen Color 96 min        
8:00 AM/EST Sniper's Ridge Color 61 min        

9:00 AM/EST Guadalcanal Diary B&W 93 min        

11:00 AM/EST Sahara B&W 97 min        
1:00 PM/EST Flying Tigers B&W 101 min        

3:00 PM/EST Sands of Iwo Jima B&W 100 min      

5:00 PM/EST The Green Berets 142 min        
8:00 PM/EST Heartbreak Ridge Color 130 min      

10:30 PM/EST The Sand Pebbles Color 185 min        

TMC(Turner Movie Classics)

8:00 pm

They Were Expendable (1945)

A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II. Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed. Director: John Ford. BW-135m, TV-PG

10:30 pm

Bataan (1943)

Thirteen U.S. soldiers risk their lives to hold a bridge against the Japanese. Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell. Director: Tay Garnett. BW-115m, TV-PG

12:30 am

Flying Leathernecks (1951)

A World War II Marine officer drives his men mercilessly during the battle for Guadalcanal. John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Jay C. Flippen. Director: Nicholas Ray. C-102m, TV-PG

2:15 am

Appointment in Tokyo (1946)

Military documentary about the U.S.'s recapture of the Philippines. Jack Hively Director: Major Jack Hively. BW-55m, TV-PG

3:15 am

So Proudly We Hail (1943)

Nurses caught behind enemy lines during World War II fight to survive. Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake. Director: Mark Sandrich. BW-125m, TV-G



TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: warmovies

1 posted on 11/12/2005 8:31:17 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase
What is the movie with Steve McQueen, James Garner and Donald Plecence.

They try to dig their way out of a Nazi prison camp.

2 posted on 11/12/2005 9:06:38 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: MotleyGirl70

The Great Escape


3 posted on 11/12/2005 9:07:06 AM PST by Rebelbase (Food stamps, section-8, State paid Child support, etc. pay more than the min. wage.)
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To: Rebelbase
YES! That's it.

I love that movie.

4 posted on 11/12/2005 9:09:31 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: Rebelbase
I finally watched the whole movie on AMC this summer.

I just couldn't remember the name.

5 posted on 11/12/2005 9:13:58 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: Rebelbase

The Sand Pebbles is one of my all time favorite movies and The Green Berets was absolutely awful.


6 posted on 11/12/2005 1:33:06 PM PST by Cagey (Some men are Baptists, others Catholics, my father was an Oldsmobile man.)
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