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1945 |
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DRAMA
WAR
WORLD WAR II
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BW |
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109 |
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A war correspondent (Burgess Meredith, pictured second right) reports the stories of ordinary soldiers at the front line, during World War II.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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One of the most authentic combat films of all time, this is based on the front-line dispatches of a war journalist and noticeably avoids false heroics or jingoism - though not always sentimentality. It follows All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) and predates The Big Red One (1980) and Platoon (1986) in offering a worm's eye view of warfare as confusing, dirty and scary. Mitchum's role as Lieutenant Walker made him a star. The score, by Ann Ronell and Louis Applebaum, and the song "Linda" (music and lyrics by Ann Ronell) were Oscar-nominated.
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, Robert Mitchum 
, Freddie Steele