TCM Greatest Classic Film Collection: War (Battle of the Bulge / The Dawn Patrol / Gunga Din / Operation Pacific)
It's generally been hard for significant others of GeorgeStevens' awesome enterprise film GUNGA DIN to discover a duplicate that didn't
seem as though it had been dragged through the earth. The print in this
accumulation was, great. Teaming it with one of my most loved flying motion
pictures, THE DAWN PATROL, made this an absolute necessity have.
BATTLE OF THEBULGE This epic recreation of one of World War II's pivotal clashes captures
the explosive action of massive forces squaring off as well as the brave
ingenuity of weary GIs trying to survive a cruel European winter. Ken Annakin
(The Longest Day) directs an all-star juggernaut: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw,
Robert Ryan and more. THE DAWN PATROL Errol Flynn and David Niven take to the
skies in this thrilling aerial action yarn as World War I British flyboys who
unite in devil-may-care gallantry and in disdain for their commander (Basil
Rathbone). But war's realities will soon tarnish their bonhomie and change
their disdain to understanding. GUNGA DIN Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen and
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. star as cheeky soldiers of Queen and Empire armed with
battlefield gallantry and chin-up heroics as they combat a murderous sect in
colonial India. Director George Stevens orchestrates teeming battles,
boisterous humor – and an indelible title-role performance by Sam Jaffe.
OPERATION PACIFIC Meet the dive-for-glory torpedo devils of the USS Thunderfish
as John Wayne commands a desperate World War II submarine mission deep into
enemy territory. Patricia Neal and Ward Bond co-star.
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