Expert: Mel - 3/30/2008

Question
Greetings- I was wondering if you can name for me any British combat films made during and about WWII. I'm looking for the British equivalent of movies like Destination:Tokyo, Air Force, Wake Island, Objective, Burma!, and Sahara.

Thank you very much,
Ry

Answer
Hello Ry,

Here are some for you.......

The First of the Few (1942), starring Leslie Howard & David Niven
In Which We Serve (1942), starring Noel Coward
Went the Day Well? (1942), starring Leslie Banks
San Demetrio London (1943), starring Walter Fitzgerald
The Way Ahead (1944), starring David Niven
Odette (1950), starring Anna Neagle
The Gift Horse (1952)
The Cruel Sea (1953), starring Jack Hawkins
The Desert Rats (1953), starring Richard Burton & James Mason
The Red Beret (1953), starring Alan Ladd
The Dam Busters (1954), starring Richard Todd & Michael Redgrave
The Malta Story (1954), starring Jack Hawkins & Alec Guinness
Cockleshell Heroes (1955), starring José Ferrer
Above Us the Waves (1955), starring John Mills
Reach for the Sky (1956), starring Kenneth More
Ill Met by Moonlight (1956), starring Dirk Bogarde
The Battle of the River Plate (1956), starring Peter Finch
Dunkirk (1958), starring John Mills
Carve Her Name With Pride (1958), starring Virginia McKenna
Sink the Bismarck! (1960), starring Kenneth More
The Guns of Navarone (1961), starring Gregory Peck & David Niven
The Heroes of Telemark (1965), starring Kirk Douglas & Richard Harris
The Battle of Britain (1969), starring Michael Caine
Raid on Rommel (1971), starring Richard Burton
A Bridge Too Far (1977), starring Anthony Hopkins


There were also a number of excellent documentary films made that cover the subject and may be of interest......

The Lion Has Wings (1939)
Target for Tonight (1941)
The Silent Village (1943)
Western Approaches (1944)
The True Glory (1945)


And then, of course, there were the "Prison Camp" films that the British Cinema was very good at making......

The Wooden Horse (1950), starring Anthony Steel
Albert R.N. (1953), starring Anthony Steel
The Colditz Story (1954), starring Eric Portman
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), starring Alec Guinness
Danger Within (1959), starring Richard Todd & Richard Attenborough


Glad to be of help. Cheers.........Mel.