Rating: NR
Genre:
Action
Release Date: 05/13/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DD1
Run Time: 124 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Action director
John Sturges had a few good films behind him (
Bad Day at Black Rock,
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral) and a few more to come (
The Great Escape,
The Magnificent Seven) when he put together this colorful story of wartime romance. In addition to his talents as a director, this saga of an American Captain stationed with his Allied command in Burma during World War II is helped by a stellar cast.
Frank Sinatra is Captain Tom Reynolds who is supposed to be battling the Japanese in Burma but gets side-tracked when his unit and his Kachin allies are attacked by
Chiang Kai-shek's forces. In supporting roles are
Charles Bronson,
Steve McQueen (about to make his mark on the big screen),
Gina Lollobrigida,
Peter Lawford,
Brian Donlevy, and several others. After General Chiang's attack, Captain Reynolds leads the remainder of his men into Nationalist Chinese territory for a fast retaliation -- basically a wholesale slaughter. He is called on the carpet for this action later, and his would-be love, Carla Vesari (Lollobrigida) is suddenly faced with a decision to stay with her current man (
Paul Heinreid) or take off for the unknown USA with the American Captain.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
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Ol' Blue Eyes Goes to War.
John Sturges, who directed The Magnificent Yankee, Bad Day at Black Rock, and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral adds a wartime adventure movie to his resume. This is based on the best-selling novel by Tom T. Chamales set in World War II Burma. Frank Sinatra plays an American officer, who risks a court-martial by leading his unit and their Kachin fighters in a raid on a Japanese airfield against the orders of his superiors. Also starring Gina Lollabrigida, Steve McQueen, Peter Lawford, Paul Henreid, Richard Johnson, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bronson, Dean Jones, Phillip Ahn, Kipp Hamilton, Robert Bray, Richard Lupino, John Hoyt, Whit Bissell, George Takei, Ross Elliott, Aki Aleong, James Hong, and Irene Tedrow.
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