Twelve O'Clock High and Other Old War Movies

[mirth]

Operation Petticoat, which also became a TV show in the 70s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Petticoat

[Sir Slash]

"To Hell And Back" Starring Audey Murphy as himself, a genuine American War Hero.  :bd:

[mirth]

"To Hell And Back" Starring Audey Murphy as himself, a genuine American War Hero.  :bd:

+1 He was a for real badass.

[Staggerwing]

Another B-17 movie, The War Lover starring Steve McQueen and Robert Wagner, is also pretty good.

And also not to be forgotten is Murphy's War, starring Peter O'Toole.

[Airborne Rifles]

B_C, the US Army Command and General Staff School uses 12'Oclock high to teach leadership lessons.

Not strictly a war movie, but The Wind and the Lion (1975) is great. Sean Connery plays a Moroccan Berber raider (I know) who kidnaps an American woman and her children in 1904 and then traded wits with Teddy Roosevelt. Loosely based on real events, but very good.

[Nefaro]

Twelve O'Clock High ..

.. not quite so patriotic.. rah rah..

Then maybe check out:


The Blue Max


;)


And, of course, Aces High


Both were on Amazon Prime video a couple years ago, where I saw them for the first time.

[BanzaiCat]

I did see The Blue Max for the first time a few years back; it was very good.

And yep, I meant more old war movies, say post WWII through the 70s. I think that's about when the war movie efforts started dwindling, though they of course occasionally bring one out (and not always good, *cough*Windtalkers*cough*).

[Barthheart]

Cross of Iron

[Staggerwing]

the Young Lions

[JasonPratt]

Was Baa Baa Black Sheep / Black Sheep Squadron based on a theatrical movie originally, or did it just release as a compilation of episodes? That would be late in the list of "old" war movies, but certainly hews to the format and presentation.

Perhaps relatedly, there was a film about JFK's days on PT boats, right? I get the impression it's well thought of, but I don't recall the title (or for sure that it exists).

[bbmike]

PT 109 is the JFK movie.

[BanzaiCat]

Cross of Iron

Another good one. I just rewatched it a few months ago...hadn't seen it in more than a decade.

[besilarius]

Castle Keep is good in a surreal fashion.
Peter Falk: Can we be shot for wearing a german tank?

Other good movies are Away All Boats,  The Gallant Hours, and Halls of Montezuma.
Inparticular, I liked Richard Boone as the commander in Halls of Montezuma.  He could take a throwaway role and really inject some humanity into it.

[Barthheart]

Oh yeah Castle Keep is a goodie.
O0

[BanzaiCat]

Huh. I've heard of most of the movies thus far, but Castle Keep is not something I've heard of at all. I'll have to check that one out, thanks!