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Aces High (film) Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (film) The Adventures of Tartu; Against the Wind (1948 film) An Airman's Letter to His Mother; Albert R.N. Alfred the Great (film) Angels One Five; Anthropoid (film) Appointment in London; Army Life; or, How Soldiers Are Made: Mounted Infantry
Hell Boats is a 1970 Technicolor British war film directed by Paul Wendkos that was filmed in Malta. It stars James Franciscus, Elizabeth Shepherd, and Ronald Allen [1] in a story about British Motor Torpedo Boats in the Mediterranean in World War II. [2] It was the last film made by Oakmont Productions, a branch of Mirisch Films. [3]
Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers is a 1977 British film directed by Norman Cohen and starring Robin Askwith and Nigel Davenport. It is a sequel to The Virgin Soldiers (1969). [ 1 ] The screenplay was written by Leslie Thomas based on his 1975 novel of the same name.
The Battle of Waterloo (film) Before Winter Comes; The Bells Go Down; Benediction (film) Bent (1997 film) Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film) The Birdcatcher (film) The Black Tent; Blighty (film) Blind Justice (1988 film) Blitz (2024 film) The Blockhouse; Boudica (2023 film) Boudica (2003 film) The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film) Bride of War
The film replicated the success of other British war-themed productions in the decade that also received healthy box office, including The Cruel Sea (1953), The Dam Busters (1955) and Reach for the Sky (1956). [24] Unlike most British war films Sink the Bismarck! was a surprise hit in North America. [25]
King and Country is a 1964 British war film directed by Joseph Losey, shot in black and white, and starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay. [5] The film was adapted for the screen by British screenwriter Evan Jones based on the play Hamp by John Wilson [6] and a 1955 novel by James Lansdale Hodson.
Overlord is a 1975 black-and-white British war film written and directed by Stuart Cooper.Set during the Second World War, around the D-Day invasion (Operation Overlord), the film is about a young British soldier's experiences and his meditations on being part of the war machinery, including his premonitions of death.
Dad's Army is a 2016 British war comedy film, based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. It is directed by Oliver Parker and set in 1944, after the events depicted in the television series. Catherine Zeta-Jones plays an elegant German spy, posing as a journalist, reporting on the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon.