My Favorite War Movie is on TCM at 6:00 PM EST;
Battleground
118 mins.
This realistic World War II drama centers on the 101st Airborne Division's role in the Battle of the Bulge. Surrounded by Germans who are making a supreme effort to turn the tide of the war, the “Screaming Eagles” defend Bastogne in the winter of 1944.
Cast: Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, George Murphy, James Whitmore, Douglas Fowley, Jerome Courtland, Leon Ames, Richard Jaeckel, Don Taylor, James Arness, Bruce Cowling, Scotty Beckett, Marshall Thompson