I have just watched "Victory" again on DVD and still think that the football scenes are amongst the best I've seen especially with John Wark, Bobby Moore, Ossie Ardiles and Pele. I was fortunate enough to meet Pele when he visited England in 1960.
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Posts from Redcap in thread „What Are Your Favourite Non-Duke War Movies?“
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Another film I have that I enjoy is "Appointment in London" starring Dirk Bogarde. About a bomber squadron and what happens to them whe they attend a medal investiture in London.
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I have just watched "DUNKIRK" agin and I always seem to see more each time I watch it. Starring John Mills, Bernard Lee, Richard Attenborough and Robert Urquhart. To me still a classic movie especially with John Mills and Bernard Lee.
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Another DVD to watch out for is "Sharpe's Peril" again set in India and is a follow on to "Sharpe's Challenge".
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The remake of the "Dam Busters" is scheduled to start this year with more access to details that were not available in the first film. However Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave portrayed their characters so well that they will have to come up with people who can emulate them.
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I have just purchased two DVD's with David Niven in them. "The Immortal Battalion" previously called "The Way Ahead", and "The Sea Wolves". Both movies are very good to watch. Battalion is set during WW2 and shows civilians turning into soldiers and going into combat. Wolves is about a collection of British ex pats in India who undertake a mission to silence some German radios situated on merchant ships in a neutral harbour.
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A good movie , based on the true story is "Kokoda" when the Australian Militia prevented the Japanese from crossing the Owen Stanley Ranges to reach Port Moresby. A good follow up to the battle of Milne Bay.
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A Bridge too Far, The Odd Angry Shot, Kokoda, Dunkirk, Colditz, to name a few. Most would be classified as classics.
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One for the book, "The Odd Angry Shot" starring Graham Kennedy. An Australian look at the war in Vietnam. Shows how we lived up to our names as larrikins.
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Another good film is "One of Our Aircraft is Missing" starring Eric Portman. A story of a Wellington bomber crew who baled out over Holland.
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Another DVD I have recently purchased is "Sharpe's Challenge" which goes on to the end of the original series and Sharpe meets up with an old adversary. Well worth a look.
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One film that I found good was "Angels One Five" starring John Gregson, Humphrey Lestoq and Michael Dennison. The story of a young pilot in the Battle of Britain and the scrapes and eventual demise of him. Not in a Spitfire squadron but with Hurricanes, which plane actually accounted for more enemy aircraft than the Spitfire. Not enough credit is given to the Hurricane which flew in all areas of combat.
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Something else, maybe not be gung ho fighting but worth a mention. A BBC production called "The Blitz" showing the German fire bomb raid 23 - 24 December 1940, when the centre of London was subject to continuous raids. The bravery of the fire fighters is worth watching. I have both episodes on DVD and still marvel at the courage of these people.
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Some more War Classics that could be of interest:-
Desert Rats, starring Richard Burton, James Mason and Robert Newton. D - Day 6 June, Starring Richard Todd, Robert Mitchum and Edmund O'Brien. Morning Departure, starring Sir John Mills, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough. Reach for the Sky, starring Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow. Battle of the River Plate,
starring John Gregson, Peter Finch, Anthony Quayle. Above us the Waves, starring Sir John Mills, Donald Sinden, John Gregson.
These are just a few of my collection I hope that some of you enjoy them as much as I do.
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