75 of 76 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
On a 1 to 10 scale, this collection is rated: 6.4, April 17, 2007
This review is from: War Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection (DVD)
The "classics" in the WAR CLASSICS 50 MOVIE PACK must surely be the many contemporary documentaries included in this set. These chronicles of a war in progress are both American and foreign made-- the most unusual for Western eyes being those from the USSR. The theatrical films included here aren't blockbusters by any means, yet they should still have appeal to fans of the war genre.
The 1 to 10 rating for this box set was determined by accumulated pollng data located at a film resource website. Based on these numbers, the current average score for WAR CLASSICS is: 6.4.
The alphabetized program list that follows includes individual poll scores, country of origin (if other than USA), year of release and principal actors.
(6.7) The Adventures Of Tartu ("Sabotage Agent") (1943) - Robert Donat
(4.1) After Mein Kampf (1961-doc.)
(6.9) Appointment In Tokyo (1945-doc.)
(7.3) Attack In The Pacific (1944-doc.)
(6.9) Attack! The Battle For New Britain (1944-doc.)
(???) The Avenger (Yugo/Italy/France-1962) - Steeve Reeves
(7.9) The Battle Of Britain (1943-doc.) - d. Frank Capra
(7.3) The Battle Of China (1944-doc.) - d. Frank Capra
(7.4) The Battle Of Russia (doc.) 1943 - d. Frank Capra
(7.7) (The Battle Of) San Pietro (1945-doc.)
(6.3) The Big Lift (1950) - Montgomery Clift/Paul Douglas
(6.3) Blood On The Sun (1945) - James Cagney/Silvia Sidney
(5.4) The Bushwhackers (1952) - John Ireland/Wayne Morris
(4.7) Captain Scarlett (1953) - Richard Greene
(6.1) Combat America (1943-doc.) Clark Gable
(6.8) December 7th(, 1941) (1943-doc.) - d. John Ford
(7.5) Desert Victory (1943-doc.)
(4.0) The Devil's Cavaliers (Italy-1959) - Frank Latimore
(7.4) Divide And Conquer (1943-doc.)
(7.0) Eagle In A Cage (USA/UK/Yugo-1972) - John Gielgud/Ralph Richardson
(2.9) Escape From Angola (1976) - Stan Brock
(5.7) Flying Blind (1941) - Richard Arlen
(6.8) Go For Broke! (1951) - Van Johnson
(???) The Great Battle Of The Volga (USSR-1962-doc.)
(6.0) Gung Ho! ("The Story Of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders") (1943) - Randolph Scott/Noah Beery
(4.8) Hell In Normandy (Italy/France-1968) - Guy Madison
(5.9) Kansas Pacific (1953) - Sterling Haydn/Eve Miller
(???) The KGB Connections (1982-TV doc.)
(8.3) The Last Chance (Switz.-1945)
(6.9) (With The) Marines At Tarawa-Return To Guam (1944-doc.)
(4.5) The Mark Of The Hawk (1957) - Eartha Kitt/Sidney Poitier
(7.7) The Memphis Belle: A Story Of The Flying Fortress (1944-doc.) - d. William Wyler
(7.3) The Nazis Strike (1943-doc.) - d. Frank Capra
(6.7) Nuremberg Trials (USSR-1947-doc.)
(???) Payoff In The Pacific (1945-doc.)
(7.3) Prelude To War (1943-doc.) - d. Frank Capra
(3.4) The Proud And The Damned (1972) - Chuck Connors/Cesar Romero
(6.8) Report from The Aleutians (1943-doc.) - d. John Huston
(9.0) The Secret Life Of Adolf Hitler (1958-TV doc.)
(5.3) The Stilwell Road (1945-doc.)
(???) Submarine Warfare (1945-doc.) - n. Gene Kelly
(5.6) This Is The Army (1943) - George Murphy/Joan Leslie
(7.3) Three Came Home (1950) - Claudette Colbert/Patric Knowles
(7.7) Thunderbolt (1947-doc) - d. John Sturges/William Wyler
(7.7) To The Shores Of Iwo Jima (1945-doc.)
(5.7) The Torch (Mex./USA-1950) - Paulette Goddard/Gilbert Roland
(8.2) The True Glory (1945-doc.) - d. Garson Kanin
(7.0) Tunisian Victory (1944-doc.) - d. Frank Capra
(5.2) Warhead (1972) - David Janssen
(3.6) Yellowneck (1955) - Lin McCarthy
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120 of 132 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
50 movies and documentaries, October 27, 2004
This review is from: War Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection (DVD)
The movies and documentaries are:
Movies:
The Avenger
Yellowneck
Three Came Home
War Head
The Devil's Cavaliers
The Mark of the Hawk
Escape from Angola
The Proud and the Damned
The Torch Paulette
Hell in Normandy
The Adventures of Tartu
Captain Scarlett
The Last Chance
The Bushwackers
Kansas Pacific
Blood on the Sun
Flying Blind
Eagle in a Cage
The Big Lift
This Is the Army
Go For Broke
Gung Ho
Documentaries:
December 7, 1941
Divide and Conquer
Desert Victory
The Great Battle of the Volga
The Nazis Strike
Attack in the Pacific
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
After Mein Kampf
Lawrence Nuremberg Trials
The Secret Life of Adolf Hitler
The Battle of China
The Battle of Russia
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of San Pietro
Combat America
Prelude to War
Payoff in the Pacific
True Glory
Tunisian Victory
The KGB Connections
Report from the Aleutians
The Stilwell Road
Submarine Warfare
The Memphis Belle
Thunderbolt
To the Shores of Iwo Jima
Appointment in Tokyo
Marines at Tarawa-Return to Guam
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65 of 81 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
the best in all seven 50 movie collections, June 13, 2005
This review is from: War Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection (DVD)
There are about 6 another genre boxes from this studio and I have 4 of them, Most of them has Cheap and B movies with owful qualities that you cannot watch most of them although you can say that you have a Huge collection of classic movies!
But this box is different. It has 28 WWII documentaries plus 22 War movies which most of them have transfered in rather good quality and most of them are in color. this box really deserves something and you'll got an excellent collection.
The only other box except this one which worth to buy in these collections is "50 MOVIE MARTIAL ARTS CLASSICS" which there is surprisingly no sign on it on amazon.com
and there is a complain about the box, although this is a rather cheap DVD collection but it's not a good reason that the studio, sell it in an extremely weak paper box. If you buy it from amazon.com, you'll probably receive it undamaged but if you order it to a 3rd party seller, It will be highly possible that you receive a sealed but damaged box and it's not fault of the seller. such a weak box needs a hugh box that costs more than the price that amazon.com charge you for the shipping cost of an item! It was good if they packaged these collections with a better box.
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