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 […]
Tag Archives: Military & War
Stories of soldiers, and military operations
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 and saboteur 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 […]
The Bette Davis Project: John Paul Jones (1959)
Synopsis: The life and times of the father of the U.S. Navy: from his humble beginnings in Scotland, to his instrumental role in the American Revolution and beyond. Reaction & […]
Director’s Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock’s Secret Agent (1936)
Synopsis: At the height of World War I, British officials send three spies (John Gielgud, Chariots of Fire, Madeline Carroll, The 39 Steps, and Peter Lorre, The Man Who Knew […]
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 […]
The Miniver Story (1950)
Synopsis: World War II is over and British stalwart, Mrs. Miniver (Greer Garson, Random Harvest), tries to put her household back together, but a series of unexpected events threaten to […]
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Synopsis: A middle-class English family (The Minivers) 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 WW II, 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 […]
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
Synopsis: Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) plays a Protestant American in the R.A.F. stationed in Jerusalem during World War II, who falls in love with a local Jewish woman (Cristina Marsillach, […]
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Synopsis: Cdr. James Ferraday, played by Rock Hudson (Giant), is ordered to take his nuclear submarine, USS Tigerfish, on a rescue mission to Ice Station Zebra, a weather station located […]
Missing (1982)
Synopsis: Real-life drama about the search for American filmmaker and journalist Charles Horman (John Shea, Stealing Home), who disappeared during the 1973 coup in Chile. Reaction & Thoughts: Chile has […]
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Synopsis: On the shores of the Guadalcanal Island, a group of brave soldiers try to stay alive in the midst of heavy air and ground attacks by the Japanese Army […]
The Bette Davis Project: Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Synopsis: In the 1940s, Hollywood, California, soldiers and movie stars mingle and have a good time together at the Hollywood Canteen. Reaction & Thoughts: The ‘Hollywood Canteen’ opened on October 3, 1942, and closed […]
Von Ryan’s Express (1965)
Synopsis: Col. Joseph L. Ryan, played by Frank Sinatra (From Here to Eternity and The Manchurian Candidate), is an American POW in Italy during World War II. Ryan is imprisoned […]
The Bette Davis Project: Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Synopsis: After living abroad for many years, American-born Sarah Muller (Bette Davis) and her family return to USA. Sarah’s German husband, Kurt (Paul Lukas, Dodsworth), who has been fighting fascism […]
The Iron Petticoat (1956)
Synopsis: A Russian female pilot (Katharine Hepburn, Bringing Up Baby) defects to the West because she is tired of gender inequality in the Soviet army. An American officer (Bob Hope, […]
Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
Synopsis: Chuck Norris (Silent Rage and Missing in Action) is John T. Booker, an ex-Vietnam soldier who unravels a terrifying government conspiracy surrounding the confirmation of the new Secretary of […]
