# Help identify this WWII film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-wwii-film/212178 "2003-11-09T04:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-wwii-film/212178/1 "2003-11-09T04:01:32Z")
I remember virtually nothing about it. There is a black infantry unit in Europe in WWII. The commander may have been white. One of the soldiers is deaf, and the others look out for him. There’s a scene where the troops are walking down a road when an enemy aircraft is heard. Everyone dives for cover, but the deaf soldier is out in front. He turns around to find himself alone on the road. “Where’d everybody go?” he asks, and then he is shot down by the airplane. Does anyone recognize this film? ---
**Author:** ![Barks\_dog\_food](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Barks\_dog\_food](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barks_dog_food)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-wwii-film/212178/2 "2003-11-09T08:55:12Z")
Could it be thsi one [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104721/plotsummary](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104721/plotsummary) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-wwii-film/212178/3 "2003-11-09T15:17:33Z")
No, the one I’m thinking of is much older. Late-1960s or early-1970s. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-wwii-film/212178/4 "2003-11-09T17:55:00Z")
Maybe [this](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0064135/)? No idea whether it has a deaf guy or not, though. ---
**Author:** ![Barks\_dog\_food](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Barks\_dog\_food](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barks_dog_food)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-wwii-film/212178/5 "2003-11-09T17:59:41Z")
This one then: > **[Carter's Army (TV Movie 1970) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064135/)** > > Carter's Army: Directed by George McCowan. With Stephen Boyd, Robert Hooks, Susan Oliver, Roosevelt Grier. A racist officer is put in charge of a squad of black troops charged with taking an important bridge from the Germans. ---
**Author:** ![Barks\_dog\_food](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Barks\_dog\_food](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barks_dog_food)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-wwii-film/212178/6 "2003-11-09T18:09:33Z")
It’s also called Black Brigade. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-wwii-film/212178/7 "2003-11-09T18:18:34Z")
I think that’s it. _Carter’s Army_ sounds very familiar. Thanks.