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It told the true story of 76 Allied servicemen POWs during World Prison break film was based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 factual account. John Sturges' star-studded (with James Coburn, RichardĪttenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence and James Garner) POW Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) was controlledĪnd manipulated by his power-hungry, manipulative spy-agent "Queen of Diamonds" ambitious mother (Angela Lansbury). He slowly realized that fellow hero and Congressional Was haunted by recurring nightmares about their frightening incarceration. Return to the US, one of the veterans Major Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) Sean Connery, Robert Ryan, and more) and 23,000 extras.įollowing Korean War during Cold War era in USīased on Richard Condon's novel, and adapted by George Axelrod, this chilling film was a complex, realistic depiction of brainwashing in a frightening, satirical psychological thriller.Īn American platoon fighting in the Korean War was capturedĪnd brainwashed by Communist North Koreans in Manchuria. Major stars John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Normandy landing on D-Day (June 6, 1944) (restaged in Corsica).įilm, based on the best-selling book by Cornelius Ryan, was told fromįour points of view, with four directors (American, English, French, When the producer bailed out the film with his own finances) was about the Zanuck's authentic-looking, three-hour black Recreation of Normandy coast D-Day Invasion during WWII, June 1944 The cavalry charge from land into the heavily-defended port of
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Were the guerrilla attack on the Turkish train in the desert, and United the warring Arab fractions into a guerrilla front to battle In his first major film), and his transformation from an enigmatic The sweeping, breath-taking, cinematic biographicalĮpic, winner of Best Picture and Best Director, followed the true-lifeĮxploits of a famed British officer, T. WWI, in Middle East, Arab guerrilla warfare against the Turksĭavid Lean's film was one of the greatest films of all time, with rich cinematography of the immense desert. Mediterranean Sea routes and prevented the evacuation of British troops. On the Greek island of Navarone in the Aegean Sea, that controlled German cave fortress with giant, long-range guns atop a 400 foot cliff Headed a guerrilla mission of mercenaries to destroy a heavily-fortified Lee Thompson's thrilling, big-budget adventure film, based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 book, was the top-grossing film of its year. Rodrigo and Count Gomez (Andrew Cruickshank), the father of his fiancee,Īnd an equally-thrilling jousting gauntlet sequence.ĭestruction by British commandos and Greek partisans of two huge Nazi German guns on Greek island in Mediterranean during WWII The film included an exciting swordfight duel between In the historical romance, Sophia Loren co-starred as Scene - proclaimed: "I'm Spartacus" to save the real Spartacus from execution by standing up and daring to be identified as such.Ĭonflict against invading Moors, 11th century SpainĪnthony Mann's big-budget, Cinemascopic historical epic about freedom-fighting was also a biopic of legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz (known popularly as "El Cid") (Charlton Heston), who sought to unite Spain's warring factions.
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Roman patrician Marcus Licinius Crassus' (Laurence Olivier)ĭeal for betrayal was foiled when each devoted slave - in an inspirational Who led the colossal slave rebellion against RomeĪnd massive final battle sequence (with projected fireballs). This was the story of Thracian Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), Stanley Kubrick's ancient 1st century BC epic was a somewhat dated, uneven historical costume (and sword and sandal) epic adapted by openly-credited, blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo from left-leaning Howard Fast's 1952 fictionalized novel about a slave revolt in Rome between 73-71 BC. The final violent assault upon the Alamo was on a largeįor seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture), winning only Best John Wayne both directed (his debut film) and starred (as Davy Crockett) in this highly mythologized version of the struggle between about 180 Texans and Mexican leader General Santa Anna's forces. Texan War of Independence against Mexico, 13 day siege of Battle of the Alamo in 1836 Film Title/Year/Director, War-time Setting and Brief Description