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 […]
Tag Archives: Military & War
Stories of soldiers, and military operations
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 […]
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 World War II, an American fighter pilot stationed in England, Maj. Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy, Bad Day at Black Rock), dies during a bombing mission. Heaven sends Pete […]
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
Synopsis: Tom Hanks (Big and 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 […]
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 without a trace during the 1973 coup in Chile. Reaction & […]
