Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1950s (B)

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For background check these threads:

Best All-Time Military Movies – Pre-Poll Data Gathering
05-25-2015, 07:38 PM

Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940
05-27-2015, 10:18 PM

Your favorite/best War Movies Prior to 1940 – Part 2
05-29-2015, 07:31 AM

Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1990s
05-30-2015, 04:17 AM

Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1970s
05-30-2015, 09:08 PM

Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1980s
05-31-2015, 04:11 PM

Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1940s (A)
06-01-2015, 02:55 PM

Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1940s (B)
06-01-2015, 05:11 PM

Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1950s (A)
06-02-2015, 12:49 AM

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Vote for UP TO SEVEN of these:

Submarine Command Submarine Command (1951) - IMDb (1951)
Up Front Up Front (1951) - IMDb (1951)
Back at the Front Back at the Front (1952) - IMDb (1952)
Away All Boats! Away All Boats (1956) - IMDb (1956)
Between Heaven and Hell Between Heaven and Hell (1956) - IMDb (1956)
The Burmese Harp The Burmese Harp (1956) - IMDb (1956)
The Conqueror The Conqueror (1956) - IMDb (1956)
A Man Escaped “Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut” (original title) A Man Escaped (1956) - IMDb (1956)
Pursuit of the Graf Spee “The Battle of the River Plate” (original title) Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956) - IMDb (1956)
Reach for the Sky Reach for the Sky (1956) - IMDb (1956)
War and Peace War and Peace (1956) - IMDb (1956)
The Bridge on the River Kwai The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - IMDb (1957)
The Enemy Below The Enemy Below (1957) - IMDb (1957)
A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms (1957) - IMDb (1957)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) - IMDb (1957)
Jet Pilot Jet Pilot (1957) - IMDb (1957)
Paths of Glory Paths of Glory (1957) - IMDb (1957)
The Sad Sack The Sad Sack (1957) - IMDb (1957)
Ashes and Diamonds “Popiól i diament” (original title) Ashes and Diamonds (1958) - IMDb (1958)
Ice Cold in Alex Ice Cold in Alex (1958) - IMDb (1958)
Imitation General Imitation General (1958) - IMDb (1958)
No Time For Sergeants No Time for Sergeants (1958) - IMDb (1958)
Orders to Kill Orders to Kill (1958) - IMDb (1958)
Run Silent, Run Deep Run Silent Run Deep (1958) - IMDb (1958)
The Young Lions The Young Lions (1958) - IMDb (1958)
Anatomy of a Murder Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - IMDb (1959)
Fires on the Plain Fires on the Plain (1959) - IMDb (1959)
The Devils Disciple The Devil's Disciple (1959) - IMDb (1959)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (I) The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) - IMDb (1959)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (II) The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) - IMDb (1959)
The Journey The Journey (1959) - IMDb (1959)
On The Beach On the Beach (1959) - IMDb (1959)
Operation Petticoat Operation Petticoat (1959) - IMDb (1959)
Pork Chop Hill Pork Chop Hill (1959) - IMDb (1959)
A Private’s Affair A Private's Affair (1959) - IMDb (1959)
The Bridge “Die Brücke” (original title) The Bridge (1959) - IMDb (1959)

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This was one of the tougher lists to choose from. It had both a fair amount that I hadn’t seen and some that didn’t really move me enough to be great. No tough calls to decide which to vote for. In fact I only picked 6.

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I only voted for Paths of Glory, which is a great movie. One of these days I really have to see Bridge on the River Kwai, I know.

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Other: The brilliant Korean war film MEN IN WAR (Mann, '57)

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Men in War Men in War (1957) - IMDb (1957) is being added to the overflow file for later voting.

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I was confused by the retitling of Battle of the River Plate (best war movie), but it’s there under Pursuit of the Graf Spee.

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If there’s a different movie about the Graf Spee – or Battle of the River Plate – please link to the IMDb page on it/them.

Thanks.

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Favorite is The Devils Disciple - but I tossed a couple other votes around as well.

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Your vote wasn’t there when I did the summaries at

Best All-Time Military Movies – Discussion Thread

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Some curious absences on the list:

South Pacific (technically more of a musical than a war film, but I love how un-stage-y it looks compared to Josh Logan’s other Rodgers & Hammerstein films, and oh my God, France Nuyen at her Barely Legal-est!) This gets my vote.

The Steel Helmet (which had the virtue of being about the Korean War while it was still going on, but was a little dismissable as propaganda)

Battle Circus (Also released-barely-while the war was still going on, this was notable for starring Humphrey Bogart and for touching on some of the same themes as the much-later MAS*H, though much less broadly satirical)

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Thanks for the additions.

You’ll find Battle Circus
at Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1950s (A) - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1950s (A)
– and if you hurry you can cast its first vote! :slight_smile:

I’ll be adding the other two to the Overflow File which I hope to be dealing with soin the next few days.

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I’d swear there’s a Jeff Chandler movie set in Korea that opens with all the members of a squad (or platoon) walking along an open road in file, and all of the GIs are identifed by name with subtitles.

Does this ring a bell with anyone? Or am I misremembering Chandler’s participation? :confused:

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Action in the North Atlantic should definitely go into the (1940s) Overflow File.

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My other was Strategic Air Command. It’s cold war, so I guess that should count as a war film.

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You can vote for it in

Your favorite/best War Movies From the 1950s (A)

Thanks.

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Two threads?

That’s madness! I can’t keep this straight. :slight_smile:

I’ll add it in over there. Disregard the “other”.

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Believe me, but I do understand the notion of keeping things straight. I’m juggling 12 polls and several comments threads – all on War Movies.

The Big Picture is at

Best All-Time Military Movies – Discussion Thread

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I’m just now adding this one:

Action in the North Atlantic Action in the North Atlantic (1943) - IMDb (1943)

Sorry for the delay. Getting this Overflow File in shape has been a beast!