The Key (1958)
Synopsis: William Holden (Sunset Boulevard) plays a WWII tugboat captain whose job consists of assisting gunned down ships. The job gradually starts affecting him. Reaction & Thoughts: “In this work, […]
Tag Archives: Military-War
Stories of soldiers, and military operations
The Boys in Company C (1978)
Synopsis: In 1967, a group of young men are tying to get through the Marine Corps boot camp before being shipped out to Vietnam. Later, the soldiers realize that the […]
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Synopsis: On the eve of World War II, an American journalist, John Jones (Joel McCrea, Sullivan’s Travels), is sent to Europe to find out what are the chances of war […]
The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
Synopsis: At the height of WWII, residents of a small Italian village try to hide their most precious commodity from the Nazis: wine. Reaction & Thoughts: The Secret of Santa […]
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Synopsis: At the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi (Flora Robson, Saratoga Trunk) is persuaded to kick foreigners out of the country. The Empress orders the Boxers, a rouge group of […]
The End of the Affair (1955)
Synopsis: In the 1940s, a writer, Maurice Bendrix (Van Johnson, A Guy Named Joe), begins a clandestine relationship with a married woman, Sarah Miles (Deborah Kerr, The Innocents), whom he tries […]
Uncertain Glory (1944)
Synopsis: After a resistance fighter kills a bunch of Nazis, Hitler’s forces threaten to kill 100 hostages if the saboteur doesn’t come forward. Luckily for the hostages, a convicted murderer, […]
John Paul Jones (1959)
Synopsis: The life and times of John Paul Jones, played by actor Robert Stack (Written on the Wind and Airplaine!), the father of the United States Navy: from his humble […]
Secret Agent (1936)
Synopsis: At the height of WWI, British officials send three spies (John Gielgud, Arthur, Madeline Carroll, The 39 Steps, and Peter Lorre, M) to assassinate an unidentified German spy, but […]
The Innocents (2016, aka Les Innocentes)
Synopsis: In Poland right after World War II, a French physician (Lou de Laage, The Wait) discovers a Catholic convent filled with pregnant nuns. Reaction & Thoughts: Anti-war drama meets […]
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Synopsis: “The Minivers,” a middle-class English family, struggle to have a normal life during the difficult first years of World War II. “The Minivers” go through many ups and downs, […]
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
Synopsis: At the height of the Cold War era between the USSR and USA, a Russian submarine appears on the coast of a small New England town. Fearing for their […]
The Package (1989)
Synopsis: After a failed military exercise in Germany, Army Sgt. Johnny Gallagher (Gene Hackman, The French Connection) is ordered to escort a detainee (Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive) back to the states. […]
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Synopsis: During WWII, an American fighter pilot stationed in England, Maj. Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock), dies during a mission. Heaven sends Pete back to Earth […]
