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In director Edward Dmytryk's classic seafaring drama privileged mama's boy Ensign Keith Robert Francis gets assigned to the Caine a rusty old minesweeper with a haggard undisciplined crew during the latter days of WWII. Soon the paranoid strawberry-loving Captain Queeg Humprey Bogart takes charge and tries to clean up the ship arousing the hatred and suspicion of the other officers especially a flippant lieutenant Fred MacMurray. Eventually the men stage a mutiny and a subsequent trial ensues at which point a sharply intelligent military lawyer Jos Ferrer takes up the matter. Dmytryk's fast-moving intelligent adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Herman Wouk novel features breathtaking outdoor scenes on actual naval vessels. Bogart's performance as Queeg is one of cinema's greats; a true departure from his usual tough guys he captures his character's confused vulnerability with astounding finesse. Ferrer is also sensational as the lawyer. A solid crew rounding out the cast--Lee Marvin Van Johnson E.G. Mars

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Shortly after the bombing on Pearl Harbor the American military began preparation for a retaliatory attack. The story of that mission is presented in THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO based on the memoirs of Captain Ted Lawson who flew one of the 16 twin-engine bombers over Tokyo. Spencer Tracy plays Colonel Jimmy Doolittle the leader of the mission while VAN JOHNSON plays the leading role of Captain Ted Lawson whose bomber also carries star Robert Mitchum. A variety of factors makes the mission exceptionally dangerous: Twin-engine bombers had never taken off from an aircraft carrier previously; the bombers needed to fly in low pretending to be Japanese aircraft; and the oversize bombers couldn't return to the aircraft carrier so the intended landing site was behind enemy lines in China. With its almost documentary-style approach THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO is perhaps the finest film about World War II made during the war itself.

An all-star cast enlists for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy. Academy Award Nominations: 5 including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best Black-and-White Cinematography.

American war hero Audie Murphy plays himself in this action epic about his daring exploits in Europe and North Africa.

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