Product Details

• Actors: Tamara Toumanova, Gregory Peck, Alan Reed, Maria Palmer, Lowell Gilmore
• Format: NTSC, Black & White
• Language: English, German
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: July 18, 1990
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301696735
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #250,517 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Pick of the Pecks, January 24, 2004

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W. GRUENDLER I I "pylgrym" (Palm Bay, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Days of Glory [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Here's a film that no decent Gregory Peck fan should be without. Perhaps this is why the video is OUT OF STOCK?? Or perhaps the subject matter - The Great Patriotic War - is unpopular in these days of glory in occupied Iraq? The things that strike me about this film, apart from Peck's rawboned, wide-eyed performance (yes, his VERY FIRST) are the deep B&W photography and the treatment of children in the movie.... it's as though much of the story is seen through their eyes. Indeed, "Enemy at the Gates" owes a plotline to "Days of Glory". In fact, I am gonna go ahead and put this on my list of grand all-time war movies 'about' children, right up there with Boorman's "Hope and Glory" (similarity intentional, Bro. John?); "Come and See"; "Empire of the Sun"; "The North Star"; "Back to Bataan"; and of course "Mrs. Miniver". Perhaps YOU can add others?

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars War Effort from Casey Robinson and Jacques Tourneur, August 28, 2001

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gobirds2 (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Days of Glory [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The year was 1944. Screenwriter and producer Casey Robinson wanted to chronicle the harrowing and valiant resistance of the Russian people against the Nazi military machine that invaded their homeland in 1941. To give the film a look of realism Robinson went outside Hollywood to find fresh young faces for the leads. He cast New York theatre actor Gregory Peck and ballerina Tamara Toumanova to star. Robinson got Jacques Tourneur to director based on his imaginative work (CAT PEOPLE) for producer Val Lewton. There are some good action sequences but the film is weighed down by Robinson's own script that is full of long stretches of dialogue and many romantic interludes which detracts from the intended theme of the film. The film's greatest assets are Gregory Peck's performance as Vladimir the leader of the Russian resistance and Academy Award Nominated Special Effects by Vernon L. Walker.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Peck's Debut Showed His Brilliance Early, August 30, 2011

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Van Hamlin "00-Gray Owl" (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Days Of Glory (DVD)

This is a propaganda movie made to illustrate our alliance with Soviet Russia during WWII. There is a mixture of Soviet actors and US actors. The plot is simple - show the poor Bolshevist resisting the Nazi onslaught with bravery. Peck showed his ability to deliver dialog and display body language that advances the plot. The sets were simple, yet effective. Compare the movie Defiance with this movie if you want to see how far the movie industry has come. They both have a similar plot!

I was entertained by this movie. I liked Defiance too!