# Yet another ID the War Movie thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-the-war-movie-thread/551830 "2010-08-28T22:43:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **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:** [August 28, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-the-war-movie-thread/551830/1 "2010-08-28T22:43:24Z")
I saw a film when I was a kid, which took place in the European Theatre of WWII. It centered around a platoon of Black soldiers. There’s one older soldier, who is deaf. The scene I remember is the soldiers walking down a road. A German airplane starts a strafing run, and everyone dives into the ditches – except the deaf soldier. He looks around and says confusedly, ‘Where did everybody go?’ just before he is shot by the German pilot. Anyone know what it is? ---
**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:** [August 28, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-the-war-movie-thread/551830/2 "2010-08-28T22:51:05Z")
Oh, I think it was a made-for-TV movie. Probably c.1972 or so. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-the-war-movie-thread/551830/3 "2010-08-28T23:11:38Z")
Could it have been [Carter’s Army](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064135/) ? ---
**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:** [August 28, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-the-war-movie-thread/551830/4 "2010-08-28T23:14:30Z")
That’s it, **detop**. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-the-war-movie-thread/551830/5 "2010-08-28T23:25:11Z")
_De rien, mon ami._ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-the-war-movie-thread/551830/6 "2010-08-29T02:19:25Z")
Didn’t see it. Quite a cast, though: Richard Pryor, Rosie Grier, Billy Dee Williams… was it any good? Looks like it was released on DVD under the title _Black Brigade_. Here’s the Wiki article: [Carter's Army - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter%27s_Army) ---
**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:** [August 29, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-the-war-movie-thread/551830/7 "2010-08-29T02:24:42Z")
I don’t remember if it was any good. I only remember the scene where the old deaf guy gets faded. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-the-war-movie-thread/551830/8 "2010-08-29T05:36:48Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Didn’t see it. Quite a cast, though: Richard Pryor, Rosie Grier, Billy Dee Williams… was it any good? Looks like it was released on DVD under the title _Black Brigade_. Here’s the Wiki article: [Carter's Army - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter%27s_Army) I have it. It’s kinda “meh”. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-id-the-war-movie-thread/551830/9 "2010-08-30T16:46:47Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Didn’t see it. Quite a cast, though: Richard Pryor, Rosie Grier, Billy Dee Williams… was it any good? Looks like it was released on DVD under the title _Black Brigade_. Here’s the Wiki article: [Carter's Army - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter%27s_Army) I have that DVD, and I got beaten to the answer. Guess I will have to watch it.