Missing war films

[GITom1944]

How about a list of old war movies you've seen that seem to have vanished. As a kid, I saw "Up from the Beach" with Cliff Roberstson and Red Buttons on TV. It was actually filmed in Normandy. Another was "The Immitation General" with Glenn Ford. I'm hoping someday fresh copies will show up on DVD. Anyone know of others?

[kjones5452]

AMBUSH BAY-Mickey Rooney,Jim Mitchum.Might be on DVD,Been more than

a few years since it's been on TV. TCM seems to always show the same thing

every Memorial Day weekend.This one could be a nice change for once.

ATTACK-Jack Palance,Belle&Blade might have this,anyway been a while on this

one also.This one freaked me out as a kid when Palance got his arm shredded by

that german tank.

[Mercenary25]

"The park is mine" Starring Tommy Lee Jones. This movie is about a Vietnam veteran got pissed off because people don't support veterans so he seized the control of the whole central park in NYC. Not really a war movie but cool movie related to veterans though. It never was made in DVD so it became a "rare" movie.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091724/

 

Cheers.

[Linedoggie]

My God, I remember Up from the Beach on WWOR-TV as a Kid. never seen it anywhere since. I remember something about German POWs in that.

 

You can watch The Park is Mine on You Tube, someone uploaded the entire thing. was never as good as the Book frankly.

 

 

Secret War of Harry Frigg

PT-109

Fighter Squadron-(with Edmund O'Brien and Lovely P-47's)

Redball Express with Jeff Chandler

Retreat Hell!

 

All fine movies, all Forgotton by DVD makers.

 

 

Fighter Squadron Especially is sad. It was filmed in Technicolor, used real P-47 Thunderbolts and the cast was good.

[Zingo]

All fine movies, all Forgotton by DVD makers.

Fighter Squadron Especially is sad. It was filmed in Technicolor, used real P-47 Thunderbolts and the cast was good.

 

Fighter Squadron here:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Fighter-Squadron-Edm...2205&sr=1-2

[willysmb44]

Fighter Squadron here: http://www.amazon.com/Fighter-Squadron-Edm...2205&sr=1-2

THANKS, had no idea it was on DVD now. I can finally get rid of the VHS tape I have of it from when it was shown on TBS several years ago... :thumbsup:

[PFCMcP]

How about the Gary Cole vehicle, "Son of the Morning Star?" I'm not a 7th Cav Reg't expert, but I thought that this TV miniseries was done rather well and that Cole portrayed a pretty decent Custer. I know that it has been out on VHS for some years now, but not DVD.

 

John

[Lee Ragan]

How about "The Hunters"? A 1950's movie about USAF F-86 fighter pilots in the Korean War staring Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner. I first saw it in a theater as a kid when it first came out. Neat air-to-air dogfights, even tho F-84's had to stand in for Mig-15's. Parts of this are on You Tube, but I don't think it's on DVD.

[kjones5452]

How about "The Hunters"? A 1950's movie about USAF F-86 fighter pilots in the Korean War staring Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner. I first saw it in a theater as a kid when it first came out. Neat air-to-air dogfights, even tho F-84's had to stand in for Mig-15's. Parts of this are on You Tube, but I don't think it's on DVD.

It's been shown a lot just lately a least 3 times in the last few months. I believe

on Fox Movie Channel,for those folks that have Charter Cable.

[bobgee]

It's been shown a lot just lately a least 3 times in the last few months. I believe

on Fox Movie Channel,for those folks that have Charter Cable.

It's available on Instant Play on Netflix.

Bobgee

[craig_pickrall]

I've got The Hunters on DVD too. It is one of those I picked up cheap for a $1 or $2 at some place like Wal-Mart. I haven't watched it so can't speak of quality.

 

My wife finally found Parachute Battalion on DVD for me but I was disappointed to find it was a copy of an old VHS tape. It wasn't reproduced at good quality.

 

I have been looking for Mountain Troops done about 1943 or 44 but haven't had any luck finding it in VHS or DVD.

[danangdave]

hi

"son of morning star" is out on dvd in the uk i dont know if it is in the states .

cheers

['Flage Guy]

ATTACK-Jack Palance,Belle&Blade might have this,anyway been a while on this

one also.This one freaked me out as a kid when Palance got his arm shredded by

that german tank.

 

Kjones: Just got through watching the part you referred to for the first time in I-don't-know-how-many-decades; it literally gave me nightmares as a kid.

 

You can watch the whole movie here:

 

http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi244973593/

[hmm161-78/82]

What about "the mortal storm" with Jimmy stewart. I always laugh at the thought of robert "marcus welby" young as a storm troper.

It is a great movie. I know it was released on vhs. Hoping for the dvd.

['Flage Guy]

What about "the mortal storm" with Jimmy stewart. I always laugh at the thought of robert "marcus welby" young as a storm troper.

It is a great movie. I know it was released on vhs. Hoping for the dvd.

 

LOL- I remember that movie..."Father Knows Best" as a sinister Nazi

 

"The Bold and the Brave" (1956); Mickey Rooney, Wendell Corey

Where is it.....?

[kjones5452]

Kjones: Just got through watching the part you referred to for the first time in I-don't-know-how-many-decades; it literally gave me nightmares as a kid.

 

You can watch the whole movie here:

 

http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi244973593/

Hey Flage!

Thanks man,I've been watchin this off and on all afternoon and this evening.Even called my

brother down in Fla. and turned him on to it.

[Linedoggie]

Fighter Squadron here:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Fighter-Squadron-Edm...2205&sr=1-2

Thanks, just ordered that, the Hunters and the Gallant Hours, Havent seen Fighter Squadron since I was 14, great color film, & IIRC Jimmy Olsen from the superman TV show was one of the FNG pilots.

['Flage Guy]

Hey Flage!

Thanks man,I've been watchin this off and on all afternoon and this evening.Even called my

brother down in Fla. and turned him on to it.

 

:thumbsup: My pleasure, buddy! It sure had been a long time for me; a lot of familiar old movie (including comedies) faces in that one!

 

Another one I haven't seen since I was a squirt is "Home of the Brave" (1949), with Lloyd Bridges and James Edwards about, among other things, a Black Marine's personal dealings with incidents of racism in his life. This movie was the first time I ever saw some of them neat Helmet Covers :w00t: It's available in VHS, but not on disc. I'm tempted to get it anyway...

[tsweeney]

For me it,s Pride of the Marines with John Garfield playing Al Schmidt. I saw it as a kid and it always stuck with me.

 

Tom

[Linedoggie]

:thumbsup: My pleasure, buddy! It sure had been a long time for me; a lot of familiar old movie (including comedies) faces in that one!

 

Another one I haven't seen since I was a squirt is "Home of the Brave" (1949), with Lloyd Bridges and James Edwards about, among other things, a Black Marine's personal dealings with incidents of racism in his life. This movie was the first time I ever saw some of them neat Helmet Covers :w00t: It's available in VHS, but not on disc. I'm tempted to get it anyway...

Home of the Brave was Army, not Marines and a Fine Movie, Frank Lovejoy was the Sgt. who survives with Moss(Edwards), Bridges gets captured and tortured by the Japanese IIRC.

[Alonzo]

I have not seen this one on dvd or vhs...The Thousand Plane Raid.

Saw it as a kid at the theater and have not seen anything about it since.

[willysmb44]

I have not seen this one on dvd or vhs...The Thousand Plane Raid. Saw it as a kid at the theater and have not seen anything about it since.

Not on video that I know of but it turns up on the more obscure cable channels from time to time. I just watched most of it last week on a rarely-watched network. Other than the incredible buzz job (coming inches away from touching the tail wheel on the ground and feet away from smacking into a parked B-17) in the middle, it’s really a crummy movie. Take a good look at this screen capture, this is after the plane started climbing out : http://www.aerovintage.com/1000-6.jpg

I’d love for Bill Mauldin’s other movie projects to come out of video. “Red Badge of Courage” is out, but “Teresa” and “Up Front” and “Back to the Front” are not but in all fairness, I know the latter three are all not-so-great films as I’ve seen them all on cable over the years.

[TrenchfootJoe66]

How about the Gary Cole vehicle, "Son of the Morning Star?" I'm not a 7th Cav Reg't expert, but I thought that this TV miniseries was done rather well and that Cole portrayed a pretty decent Custer. I know that it has been out on VHS for some years now, but not DVD.

 

John

Available on Netflix. This one inspired me to take a trip out west and visit the Liitle Big Horn.

[Garth Thompson]

AMBUSH BAY-Mickey Rooney,Jim Mitchum.Might be on DVD,Been more than

a few years since it's been on TV. TCM seems to always show the same thing

every Memorial Day weekend.This one could be a nice change for once.

ATTACK-Jack Palance,Belle&Blade might have this,anyway been a while on this

one also.This one freaked me out as a kid when Palance got his arm shredded by

that german tank.

Both are available on Netflix. I've found a lot of the older obscure war movies, both foreign and US, in the Netflix inventory.

Garth

['Flage Guy]

ATTACK-Jack Palance,Belle&Blade might have this,anyway been a while on this

one also.This one freaked me out as a kid when Palance got his arm shredded by

that german tank.

 

Kjones, and anyone else who might be interested...just found it:

 

http://usedmarketplace.borders.com/moviesearch?wquery=attack!