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on December 26, 2013
Audie Murphy. My, that name brings back many memories of Saturday arvo at the matinee movies with Audie in his cowboy movies. But, his western movies were only make believe, where-as TO HELL AND BACK is reality. In his cowboy movies, he was a make believe cowboy hero. However, this movie portrays him for what he really was.....a war hero. A true to life movie on his exploits in the armed service of the United States. If you are so used to seeing the make believe Audie Murphy in his western movies, have a change of pace and see the REAL Audie Murphy.
on November 27, 2012
An older movie made about one of the most decorated American combat soldier of WWII. My father loved watching it with his grandsons. It pales in comparison to modern day movies when you consider all of the technological enhancements in our movies today. Put that aside and watch if for true story of such a young and distinguished combat soldier. I was surprised that my kids were as engrossed in the story as they were, even without the flashy graphics and special effects. It was a nice way to spend some time with Grandpa and help the kids to better relate to yesteryear.
on June 29, 2013
Audie Murphy was a highly decorated war hero during WWII. This film depicts his life story...particularly during wartime. I bought this for my son during a time where he adored anything military. He would dress up like a soldier. I was glad to introduce Audie Murphy to him as he was a fav of mine over much of my lifetime. He's not the greatest actor, but I enjoyed getting a glimpse of his life. On a side note, Mr Murphy identified w/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder---PTSD and was a big advocate for research and support for veterans. He suffered from alcoholism, something that many vets who are plagued w/PTSD struggle with. I appreciate this film and am thankful that it exists. It shows the viewer just some of the struggles our vets encounter when serving their country.
HALL OF FAMEon July 22, 2000
The single biggest reason to watch this movie is that the star himself was in fact the single most decorated war hero of World War Two, and he is convincing here playing himself with dignity, sincerity, and humility, which, of course, Audie Murphy always had in spades. The movie was adopted from his best-selling autobiography, which my Mom let me read after blackening out all of the four letter slang (as she called it). Perhaps it shows that he was my childhood hero, and I still have a personalized autographed photo somewhere reading "Thanks, Barry, for being my fan" that a friend's mom got for three or four of us ten year olds at the time this movie was released in the mid 1950s. It was the first movie I saw ten times. And I wasn't alone; Murphy was a national icon.
The movie truly is a classic; tightly directed, poignant, honest, accurate, and showing gripping combat without being gory or maudlin. It sometimes decends into travelogue movie-theater type newsreel moments, but these are thankfully rare and forgiveable. On the other hand, this is an interesting and absolutely true story of a common and uneducated boy from rural Texas who wanted more than anything to be a soldier and serve his country, and his subsequent deeds and patriotism above and beyond the call of duty inspired a whole generation of us who wanted to imitate his call to country. Unfortunately we walked into another time and the miasma of Vietnam. But that's another story for another time. Escape back to a time when the moral choices were clearer, and a real live hero was available to act his way memorably through an accurate recounting of his extraordinary if abbreviated military career. He may be gone too soon, the victim of a plane crash in the early 1970s, but his lifetime admirers remain. Enjoy!
The movie truly is a classic; tightly directed, poignant, honest, accurate, and showing gripping combat without being gory or maudlin. It sometimes decends into travelogue movie-theater type newsreel moments, but these are thankfully rare and forgiveable. On the other hand, this is an interesting and absolutely true story of a common and uneducated boy from rural Texas who wanted more than anything to be a soldier and serve his country, and his subsequent deeds and patriotism above and beyond the call of duty inspired a whole generation of us who wanted to imitate his call to country. Unfortunately we walked into another time and the miasma of Vietnam. But that's another story for another time. Escape back to a time when the moral choices were clearer, and a real live hero was available to act his way memorably through an accurate recounting of his extraordinary if abbreviated military career. He may be gone too soon, the victim of a plane crash in the early 1970s, but his lifetime admirers remain. Enjoy!
on January 1, 2017
Good movie, over all. The acting in it didn't seem to be at the same level as other movies, but is still a good story about a courageous American soldier in ww2.
on January 30, 2015
Beadle Smith was the narrator. That was the only thing realistic about the movie but He alone makes the show rate 4 stars.
The movie was so sweet it was hard to tell it was a war movie with a guy playing himself who had some of the biggest balls in WW-2!
The movie was so sweet it was hard to tell it was a war movie with a guy playing himself who had some of the biggest balls in WW-2!
on June 26, 2014
I would have liked this movie a lot more if Audie Murphy wouldn't have made them dumb it down. According to research he didn't want the movie makers to show just how awesome he was because he was afraid the general public wouldn't have believed it :P
on July 30, 2015
1950s movie making classic. But more amazing is the true story itself. And it's not often you get to see the real person portraying himself. Sort of a stylized documentary.
on April 19, 2013
My grandchildren (all recent college graduates) and I were watching an old Audie Murphy Western movie, and I told them that he was the most decorated soldier of WW II. They had never heard the story of his life, so I ordered this movie to show them Audie Murphy's life story. I think it is well written, and he certainly lived through every moment of "To Hell and Back"! Young people today have no idea of what the War in Europe was like and it is not being taught in our history classes in school. This young man served his country with valour and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor as just one of MANY to become the MOST decorated man of WW II. A combat injury kept him out of West Point and a Army career.
