The Guns Of Navarone is one of the most famous and influential “men on a mission’ war movies. As a sub-genre, it covers movies such as The Dam Busters, The Dirty Dozen, Where Eagles Dare (my personal favourite) and Inglorious Bastards. The set-up is usually: a mis-matched small group of soldiers are given a virtually…
Battle Of Britain
Here are a striking pair of French posters for this classic – and very British – war movie. Battle Of Britain was released in 1969 and depicts the RAF’s ultimately successful air war against the Luftwaffe at the height of WW2. The amazing cast represents a who’s who of British actors from the period. Renowned…
Where Eagles Dare
“Broadsword calling Danny Boy…” If those words jump out at you then, like me, you’ve probably sat through Where Eagles Dare multiple times. It remains one of the very best WWII “men on a mission’ movies – terrific action sequence, a twisty (and admittedly somewhat ridiculous) plot, plus great chemistry between Richard Burton’s verbose British…