My dad survived Tunisia, Sicily, Salerno and Anzio. But at Cisterna his battalion was wiped out with only a handful of survivors. He was one. Thank you for this movie. Incidentally the only thing he told my mom about his experience was that a stray dog followed them for a while. Dog didn't know English but one guy from NY knew Italian. Dog would listen to him. They kidded each other that the dog was so smart he knew Italian but the guys didn't. Told Mom nothing else. But in 1950's he had terrible nightmares and would wake up screaming. Drank too. I have nothing but respect for him. Passed in1989.
@@therichestmaninbabylon7942 My dad passed away in 1989. Thank you for your thank you. Here in the US nobody knows anything about the Italian campaign. Your recognition touched my heart.
Just so you know your father wasn't the only one who suffered! My brother's godfather was trained as a commando during the second world war. All the theatrics you saw in "The dirty dozen" he actually lived. Three3 years after the war while still garrisoned in Germany he suffered a devastating nervous breakdown that landed him in hospital. My father told me that after he was discharged he spent an entire year locked in his room at home. I think he had to be committed?
My father-in-law flew 30+ missions over Berlin as a navigator on a B-24 Liberator out of London, UK, in 1943. He was originally tapped as gunner, but when he saw planes come back from missions and the gunner's well was hosed out of the dead gunner's blood and guts, he begged his CO for another position. The CO told him if he could learn Morse Code in 2 weeks, the navigator job was his. He learned, and how. His crew was told that 30 missions meant they were done, but when they hit 30, they were told 6 more were necessary. The crew did those 6 and my FIL survived, but he required R&R at a hospital for a nervous breakdown. He was 19. After the war, he ran his own mechanic shop, then bought a dairy farm outside Albany, NY, which he kept expanding until he died in 1994. And he flew his own plane.
The original film material was decomposing, but the UCLA Film and Television archive was able to restored and preserved it just in time. It cost of tens of thousands of dollars and countless hours of work. Funding came from The Film Foundation (Martin Scorsese). Subsequently, we commissioned a 4K digital transfer and performed additional clean up to make the movie look as close to brand new as possible.
Aloha greeting from Hawaii I had 3 uncles in the 442 battalion the most decorated WW2 units in history. They just didn’t the recognition because they were Japanese Americans trying to prove their loyalty to our country of America. They liberated many many towns and villages from the hills of Italy to the forest of France
I was born in 1947. My Dad led an armored infantry platoon in France, Belgium, Holland, and finally Germany. He always said this was the best film of the era regarding tanks and soldiers. Watched it every time it was on tv. Like most, his war experiences were not spoken of, except for a couple of sort of entertaining incidents. A great man, he came home with a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and the love and respect of his men, who wrote to him for years after the war. Passed in 1967 of pancreatic cancer. RIP 1st Lt. Harold L. Spero.
I was in law school in 1970. I rented a room, my landlord had lived this, he was an infantryman in Italy from Salerno on. He said this was the only war film that really captured what it was like. So leave the nitpicking comments about a few details aside. This is very realistic.
It’s a goofy piece of propaganda. The Germans in the farmhouse just raked a few dozen of them with machine guns, many dead and no doubt many arms, legs and faces shot to pieces but still alive, and we see the survivors who made it to the farmhouse relieved and pleased, eating apples and drinking wine. Just ridiculous.
Ignore the others, my grandfather landed in France just after D Day and fought across France and Germany, ending the war outside of Pilsen. He also said this was the most realistic movie he ever saw about the war.
Norman Lloyd outlived all the other actors, dying in 2021 aged 106. He was still active not long before his death. He played a Nazi agent in "Saboteur" (1942).
Really enjoyed this film. The character development was amazing and it stands out as more of a psychological war movie than an action movie, but man, the dialogues are priceless. Thank you to those who restored this movie and those who posted it too.
Glad to see this war film finally restored.. included in ratings of war movies deserving credit.. many returning WWII veterans didn’t talk much after witnessing the horrors of war, know my dad didn’t say much. They came home to restart their lives they left to defend freedom..
It's based on about 1000 realities. We, as a nation, have gotten accustomed to high tech warriors jumping on poor hopped up wogs to the point that such things as seen here have become near mythical and just...stupid.
Brilliant film. You can see the influence on the TV series "Combat!," and Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers." WWII was won by the citizen soldier, not the pumped-up professional elites as portrayed in modern war movies.
Yes sir my dad was a tank mechanic and assistant gunner in a Sherman tank crew in WWII Europe was lucky enough to survive an made it up through the battle of the bulge, the Ardennes, right on up to Berlin the only time that chin strap was on his chin was if someone picky about uniforms like general Patton came along soon as he was gone that garrote was off and for the young people who don't know what a garrote is well...let a German get behind you and grab the front of your helmet and pull backwards you'll find out very quickly whenever the chin strap slips backwards and starts crushing your windpipe while he's probably sticking a knife in your back. True stuff passed on from someone who was there and passed it along to his kid. Lot of history dissappears everytime a veteran passes away if they are willing to talk LISTEN and appreciate what they went through. If they were lucky enough to make it home and then if they look grumpy grouchy or sad maybe even crying just take a look at what the people have done to the country they love, my dad said if he would have known how Clinton was going to get in office he'd of never went and that was hard as hell for him to say because he was proud of his time in the service he's been gone since February 1998 🥺😭
Cast: Dana Andrews as Staff Sergeant Bill Tyne Richard Conte as Pvt Rivera George Tyne as PFC Jake Friedman John Ireland as Pfc Windy Craven Lloyd Bridges as Staff SGT “Farmer” Ward Sterling Holloway as Pvt Mac “McWilliams” Norman Lloyd as Pvt Archimbeau Herbert Rudely as Staff Sergeant Edward Porter Richard Ben-diet as Pvt Tranella Hunts Halls as Pvt Caraway George Offer-man Jr as Tinker Steve Brodie as Private Judson Matt Wills as SGT .Pete Halverosn Chris Drake as Pfc Tim Rankin Alvin Hammer as Johnson Jay Norris as Cousins John Kellogg as Riddle Bits: James Base as Solider Harry Cline as Kramer Tony Dante as Girgo Danny Desmond as Trasker George Turner as Driver
I fully understand that this movie really is not about the war, it’s more focused on the personalities inside their uniforms and their interactions with each other, and from that point of view it is an excellent portrait of what they became through their combat and the events that they were involved in, however, from a purely military perspective it really sucked, absolutely no semblance of the military tactics and operating procedures, coming in as a secondary story, but it does not detract from the film directors and screenwriters vision, and it certainly worked, really interesting,entertaining and thought provoking for us viewers, thanks for sharing it with us all.
Agreed. I USED TO think this was an accurate movie until I served in the Army (decades after WW2, of course). Now I see it as the common type of 'stream of consciousness' movies that were common in this era. Soldiers probably didn't even talk like that in WW2; they sure don't today. That and the truly awful singing in the background...
Well, since you served, could you explain one basic thing to me that bothered me throughout the movie. If there were allied planes flying overhead, why in the world would they expend the lives of dozens of infantrymen instead of just sending a plane to blow the farmhouse to Kingdom Come? Am I missing something obvious?
@@lsmart probably because they didn’t have communications with the forward air controllers or the original intelligence did not put the building as high priority or heavily defended.
Any war to happen is bad for both sides as many families will be destroyed and famished. But we must remember and salute the soldiers for their sacrifice and bravery. Good movie
Thank you TSV for this most excellent presentation of this film. It's one, if not the, best I've ever seen. This film alone rates you a subscription and like. I'm looking forward to your other content. Edit: watched it again, 8/23, noticed Riveria (Richard Conte) has a .45 holster, correct for machine gunner in WW2.
A lot of people nowadays don't remember WWII Italy, or maybe only Mussolini. I'm a Texas Veteran and proud to see such a great film. Mark Clark was more interested in being the last man to liberate Rome, which was basically free anyway, than in helping our Tx men. SALUTE, brave men- we never forgot you!
@@danielcombs3207 He was a victim of alcoholism from which he later claimed to have recovered but which may well have led to his dementia in the 1980s.
Burgess Meredith is the narrator. Kenneth Spencer sings the songs. Notice * at 40.55, the soldier directly behind Dana Andrews, the one who lifts a cigarette to his lips at 41.10 that's Robert Horton of Wagon Train fame. He's 'uncredited' in this film. Notice at 39.00, the soldier on the left holding his automatic ..... pointing directly at his pal on the right. Seems the Luftwaffe got their hands on a few P - 51s.
This is an excellent movie. The dialog, especially between Richard Conte and George Tyne, sets it apart from more one-dimensional war (or anti-war) scripts.
Thankfully, I have never been involved in a war...but this film, to me, concentrated on each character, and their feelings, their confidence, their downfalls/ weaknesses....a great move, thankyou for posting SPROCKET VAULT
My Grandfather died fighting in Northern Italy,. As far as movies go this was a good one, but the producers should have hired a military adviser because the conduct of the soldiers, their tactics, how they addressed their weapons was simply unrealistic, as for the significant casualties just to take a farm house in daylight was far from realistic. From a German perspective, armed as the Germans were not a single GI should have made it across the open ground. The movie was an enjoyable romp, but as realistic as Star Wars.
SPROKET= THANKS!!! Many of these actors from the 1940s were STILL ACTIVE UP INTO THE 1970s!!! NORMAN LLOYD (tibet) was in a KOJAK episode/LLOYD BRIDGES ( poor soil to grow apples) had a TV series in the late 70s early 80s (simular to that DALLAS series)/RICHARD BENEDICT (soldier speaking ITALIAN to two ITALIAN stragglers) was directing many tv series in late 60s tru 70s!!/RICHARD CONTE (RIVERA) did OCEANS 11 in 1960 plus guest starring in UNTOUCHABLES & NAKED CITY in early 1960s plus other series and of course """GODFATHER"""/DANA ANDREWS (SARGANT TYNE) (brother is STEVE FORREST!!) did movies in 1960s/JOHN IRELAND (dear francis...) did a MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE in 1972/GEORGE TYNE (machine gun carrier) did a few FUGITIVE TV series episodes in 1960s☆☆☆☆ WW2 lingo=BUTT ME/WHEN I GET HOME.../SOME DAY SOMEBODYS GONNA PASTE YOU!!/HE,S WORKING FOR HIS PURPLE HEART,THATS ALL/FOR THE LOVE OF PETE☆☆☆☆☆
I've been to Italy 🇮🇹 many, many times. I lived there for nearly two years and traveled all over the country. On one occasion I happened to come across an old Italian farmhouse which had a stone wall around it. The farmhouse was deserted. I have often wondered if it was where this picture was filmed. I have seen this film many, many times. All of those who were in it have passed away.
One of the greatest war movies ever made...the dialogue, character development, cinematography of closeups and soldier walking/speaking shots. No need of spectacular special effects...just superb movie making!
No it isn't. Between all of them having their chin straps buttoned which never happened. Yapping way too much about nothing. The entire opening scene, they act more like they are bored and in class. Lol. Landing craft are loud. It had it's moments. You want a war movie that follows a squad or platoon? Battleground is loads better than this .
Agreed. The best part of the film were the conversations among the soldiers about their fears and desires. It made it a more humanistic war film. In fact, I really liked it when we couldn't see the enemy. It made you feel like you were with the soldiers and that increased the fear because you could hear the action but couldn't see it, most of the time.
My uncle was in north Africa, Sicily and Italy. But that's all he ever told me. He generally refused to talk much about his war experiences. I first saw the film when I was about 10. I still remember the armored vehicle ambush, and the farmhouse assault.
My father landed in Africa, then they were sent to a small island off of the coast of Italy. They were bombed there by the Germans. Then they were sent ashore at Salerno. He survived the war. He would not talk about it until I was in my teens. Night fighter squadron.
When a GI platoon lands on the beaches of Italy during World War II, the troops face uncertainty and danger with every step. Those who survive the initial landing, including Sgt. Tyne (Dana Andrews) and Sgt. Ward (Lloyd Bridges), pursue a mission to take control of a farmhouse and blow up a nearby bridge. When the soldiers are not involved in enemy engagements,they pass the time in conversation while marching through the Italian countryside, but they always keep their objectives in mind.
Also- you can't walk a hundred yards in Italy without passing a farm house or barn or small village. This was made in California farm country where you could still walk a long ways between syphilization, back then, anyways..
Gerald Kriss I saw Go for Broke long ago. Very good. One of my friends showed his ignorance by saying that that the Japanese Americans Should Have been interned. I told him that the internment was obviously unconstitutional. And only one Japanese-American was convicted of spying. Despite being hardworking and loyal Americans, they were relieved of their homes and farmland. This was done while their Youg men were fighting and dying in the E.T.O. I once read that the California Growers Association had a hand in the theft of of their land. I do not know if this is true. I would like to see a comment about this. Finally, it seems that any time the Constitution is ignored ,bad things happen.
My dad was wounded in world War one fighting hand to hand combat against the Germans got bayonet after killing many Germans he use to wake up screaming and one night in one of his nightmares he got up fighting on top of the bed and kicked the backboard of the bed and broke his toe I as a little boy and could hear him screaming and in his eighties I caught him crying and he kept saying over and over they were just young boys and I killed them and in world War two my brother was killed in action I was going to Vietnam the first ones to land there and they lost my military order and records they held back the bus that was taking us to the base and never found my records could hear the colonel hollering wheres his damn records the bus left and they kept me there several day and the colonel told me you lucky son of a bitc... go home you don't exist when we find them well call you they never did and the company I was supposed to be in got wiped out to the last man even the cameraman was killed they were inexperienced in jungle fighting I remember before they lost my records the colonel told us most of you are going to get killed those who survive will teach the new recruits how to fight in the jungle I guess it wasn't my time but I regret it because I should have been there with them it has been bothering my like hell all of my life I even wanted to get revenge for my company I tried to re enlisted go back they said no you already been enlisted will look for your records I went home crying because I should have been there it eating me alive it's not fair I wasn't there they died without me
This is one of the few WWII movies I've watched several times. No propaganda, combat burnout, and no heroes just ordinary men. Our own equipment used by the enemy,,, where were the makers going to get BF109s? If John Wayne could pull a frag pin with his teeth so could everyone else.
The aerial combat scenes are stock footage of real ww2 airplanes in combat. As long as movies were shot in black & white these images could rather easily be blended in. That's one of the reasons why still they shot "The Longest Day" (1962) in B/W instead of glorious Technicolor.
I've watched this movie over and over again and finally at my ripe old age I realized that those guys would not be carrying on such an intimate and quiet conversation on that landing craft. They were loud when that engine was running since they had no mufflers and they bounced around like a cork. These guys are going in circles waiting for all the other boats. In reality they'd be sicker than dogs barfing all over the bottom of the boat and cursing up a storm about their situation. I doubt anyone did any chit chatting. All they wanted was to get on land.
There are also several other technical error. A fragmentation hand grenade will not topple an armored car. None of the soldiers are seen carrying the satchel charges they would need to blow the bridge. The Germans have too many machine guns for the size of a squad holding that farmhouse. The Germans are using American 30 cal machine guns instead of their MG 42.
Most of the veterans, including my uncle, always described their experiences as "mopping up" after the heavy fighting was completed. It never occurred to me until later that if all they did was mop up, who did the fighting? My uncle was a combat engineer. For those of you who don't know what their job was, it was dangerous. They rebuilt the bridges just destroyed, often under fire. They crawled under the bridges, often under fire, to remove the explosives and booby traps. After you have seen your buddy disintegrate in a blast, or his head shot off by a sniper, it's a wonder they all didn't become alcoholics, as my uncle did.
Filmed the year I was born. First saw this in 1955. Love the C-ration scene. "Sewer" get this stuff in the sewer. I used that line during basic training, 1966.
I'm 65 years old and have been watching this movie my whole life and it has always been a great movie!!!!!1 I'm from jersey city and channel 5 and 9 were great movie channels way before over priced cable stations which cost a fortune and increase their fees every year. And you get less show's and have to pay premium such a joke .STREAM !!!!!!! THIS WAS THE GREATEST GENERATION!!!!!LET'S TRY AND REMEMBER WHAT THE WORLD WAS LIKE BEFORE BLUE HAIR COLLEGE STUDENTS.
My Sicilian godfather fought in ww2 in the Army - he survived the first 4 years before he got injured - one of his ankles got badly broken while walking between battles, he was a sniper
I saw that, too, but I doubt if there were any unused Messerschmitts or FWs lying around for use in the making of this movie. That Nazi armored car looked more like US made equipment and the burned up tanks were basically mock-ups.
Naa they just taken real clips from gun cams and what not then spliced them in... Like when the lighting shot down the German plane, it shows a flat metal deck like from a carrier..50:47 film is on a ocean... Tho odds are when this was made most tv's where black and white and like 20 inches for a big living room tv, so doubt they would have noticed...
Great movie, right up there with Battleground!. As this was released 6 months after "The Story of GI Joe" starring Burgess Meredith, it makes me wonder if the director got Burgess to narrate this movie due to that movie's success? His distinctive voice would instantly be recognized and people would associate the two movies together.
I was a infantryman with the First Cavalry Division in Vietnam , so many war movies are just so much fantasy for me. Fantasy and unintentional comedy like the Green Berets which is practically a laugh a minute. But A Walk in the Sun at least for me holds up but Im not sure I can explain why . The tactics shown in the film despite the presence of a Colonel as techincal advisor are not out of the Infantry School but from hunger. A frontal attack and a poorly coordinated diversion . The Battle Hymn of the Republic playing over the attack. But theirs something about it. the performances Dana Andrews , Richard Conte and Richard Benjamin.( you catch on slow Rivera but you catch on good) And John Ireland as windy. I guess it does convey the cynicism of the combat solider. and the dogged determination you need to do the job. Overall i would place it along side Battleground as the best of the 1940s war films
About time they restored this classic. Harry Brown's book and his screenplay is one and the same. Catchy dialogue that few will appreciate today. Lewis Milestone directed this and his two other anti-war films, "All Quiet on the Western Front " and "Porkchop Hill". Realism has to be suspended in this film as everyone has an rifle cartridge belt without any cartridges no matter what weapon they carry.
Special Note= on COMBAT TV SERIES when a GERMAN HALF TRACK shows up it,s ALLWAYS an OPEN TURRET top with MACHINE GUN and of course SAUNDERS gets in the TURRET a grenade or 2 so the scriptwriters make it a bit EASIER to have our heros SURVIVE!!! (to continue to be seen for the NEXT 100 EPISODES!!!!)NOTE= to the few out in comment land=STOP NITPICKING!!!! Seen in 1945 the movie audience would NOT KNOW a GERMAN WEAPON from an AMERICAN WEAPON!!! So visually at least the movie gave the 1945 viewers a good idea of what the WAR looked and felt like☆By the1990s tru 2023 we the CITIZENS are kept from just WHAT THE NEW WAR/POLICE ACTION WE GET INVOLVED IN LOOKS LIKE VISUALLY????(such as UKRAINE /RUSSIAN situation that NOW seems pushed aside in news reports!!!!
Great movie, but around 1.22 I think I saw Lloyd Bridges pull the grenade pin with his teeth. Not to take anything away from this movie. Greatest generation and great movie. The conversation is very good in the film.
@@yoelfischel6327 I was in the Armoured Corps, so only threw them in Basics as well. Those in command thought rifles and grenades were 'infantry stuff' in their pathetic wisdom. Personally, I thought the Marine approach of every Marine being a rifleman first was far more sensible.
Back in the 80s I used to stay up late watching the LATE LATE Show on Fridays and Saturdays to watch old movies like this one....they SHO' don't make'em like they used to.... I NEEDS A DREENK 🤙🍺🥃😎
Why do Americans the same act as Japanese soldiers carry out banzai attack ? There is such an occasion that a sergeant of platoon leader has a headache and can't command his platoon ?
My dad survived Tunisia, Sicily, Salerno and Anzio. But at Cisterna his battalion was wiped out with only a handful of survivors. He was one. Thank you for this movie. Incidentally the only thing he told my mom about his experience was that a stray dog followed them for a while. Dog didn't know English but one guy from NY knew Italian. Dog would listen to him. They kidded each other that the dog was so smart he knew Italian but the guys didn't. Told Mom nothing else. But in 1950's he had terrible nightmares and would wake up screaming. Drank too. I have nothing but respect for him. Passed in1989.
@@therichestmaninbabylon7942 My dad passed away in 1989. Thank you for your thank you. Here in the US nobody knows anything about the Italian campaign. Your recognition touched my heart.
Just so you know your father wasn't the only one who suffered! My brother's godfather was trained as a commando during the second world war. All the theatrics you saw in "The dirty dozen" he actually lived. Three3 years after the war while still garrisoned in Germany he suffered a devastating nervous breakdown that landed him in hospital. My father told me that after he was discharged he spent an entire year locked in his room at home. I think he had to be committed?
My father-in-law flew 30+ missions over Berlin as a navigator on a B-24 Liberator out of London, UK, in 1943. He was originally tapped as gunner, but when he saw planes come back from missions and the gunner's well was hosed out of the dead gunner's blood and guts, he begged his CO for another position. The CO told him if he could learn Morse Code in 2 weeks, the navigator job was his. He learned, and how.
His crew was told that 30 missions meant they were done, but when they hit 30, they were told 6 more were necessary. The crew did those 6 and my FIL survived, but he required R&R at a hospital for a nervous breakdown. He was 19.
After the war, he ran his own mechanic shop, then bought a dairy farm outside Albany, NY, which he kept expanding until he died in 1994. And he flew his own plane.
God Bless Him and your family,, 🇺🇸
Rip your father Eric. This film tells about a couple squads in Salerno and they went into the killing valley in this film just like your father
The original film material was decomposing, but the UCLA Film and Television archive was able to restored and preserved it just in time. It cost of tens of thousands of dollars and countless hours of work. Funding came from The Film Foundation (Martin Scorsese). Subsequently, we commissioned a 4K digital transfer and performed additional clean up to make the movie look as close to brand new as possible.
Thank you for the work to restore and share this timeless treasure
Mr. Scorsese did a wonderful thing. He has only won one Oscar which is sad to me. He is my favorite director.
Who's "we", please?
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@@kitparker9448 could you restore little egypt 1951, gallant blade 1948, flame of calcutta 1953 and night in paradise 1946
Aloha greeting from Hawaii I had 3 uncles in the 442 battalion the most decorated WW2 units in history. They just didn’t the recognition because they were Japanese Americans trying to prove their loyalty to our country of America. They liberated many many towns and villages from the hills of Italy to the forest of France
People have indeed overlooked what the Japanese Americans lost during WW2. Some lost everything including their lives. 💔
The 1951 Van Johnson movie Go For Broke! was about the 442nd.
I was born in 1947. My Dad led an armored infantry platoon in France, Belgium, Holland, and finally Germany. He always said this was the best film of the era regarding tanks and soldiers. Watched it every time it was on tv. Like most, his war experiences were not spoken of, except for a couple of sort of entertaining incidents. A great man, he came home with a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and the love and respect of his men, who wrote to him for years after the war. Passed in 1967 of pancreatic cancer. RIP 1st Lt. Harold L. Spero.
A wonderful tribute to your dad! The Greatest Generation!
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@@Paul-lm5gvAmen, to both!
Heroes like your Dad are a lost generation. Today's snowflakes in WWII would have had us all speaking German today.
I was in law school in 1970. I rented a room, my landlord had lived this, he was an infantryman in Italy from Salerno on. He said this was the only war film that really captured what it was like. So leave the nitpicking comments about a few details aside. This is very realistic.
This film is far, far from realistic, it makes war look clean and manageable. Mostly propaganda.
It’s a goofy piece of propaganda. The Germans in the farmhouse just raked a few dozen of them with machine guns, many dead and no doubt many arms, legs and faces shot to pieces but still alive, and we see the survivors who made it to the farmhouse relieved and pleased, eating apples and drinking wine. Just ridiculous.
Me gusta las pelis en inglés por qué a mí me gustaría aprender hablar en inglés no en mi país si no fuera. De mi país en inglaterra
Ignore the others, my grandfather landed in France just after D Day and fought across France and Germany, ending the war outside of Pilsen. He also said this was the most realistic movie he ever saw about the war.
@@mercoid shear hokdum.
Always considered it and "Battle Ground" as the most realistic war films ever. Lots of boredom with scattered moments of terror. On the money...
In serious need of a combat experienced technical advisor
My dad fought in Italy and this was the movie he thought told the story the best. Richard Conti, Lloyd Nolan and all of them are so good in this.
Hats off to the people that restore these films without them they would be lost forever
Thank you!
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Norman Lloyd outlived all the other actors, dying in 2021 aged 106. He was still active not long before his death. He played a Nazi agent in "Saboteur" (1942).
Wow! So he made it to Tibet after all!
@@lsmart..there and back!
Thanks for the Movie -- NO THANKS for the 50,000 USELESS COMMERCIALS. 🙂
Way to describe the Texas Division, every state members.
Really enjoyed this film. The character development was amazing and it stands out as more of a psychological war movie than an action movie, but man, the dialogues are priceless. Thank you to those who restored this movie and those who posted it too.
You're welcome; it was a labor of love.
Glad to see this war film finally restored.. included in ratings of war movies deserving credit.. many returning WWII veterans didn’t talk much after witnessing the horrors of war, know my dad didn’t say much. They came home to restart their lives they left to defend freedom..
Since this " restored" be better in color.
Frontal assault on a farmhouse defended by 3 machine guns? Doubtful this is based on reality.
With three machine guns they would never expect a frontal assault. It would be suicide....but it would have the element of complete surprise !
It's based on about 1000 realities. We, as a nation, have gotten accustomed to high tech warriors jumping on poor hopped up wogs to the point that such things as seen here have become near mythical and just...stupid.
Who the hell walks around in enemy territory blowing a whistle?
Brilliant film. You can see the influence on the TV series "Combat!," and Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" and "Band of Brothers." WWII was won by the citizen soldier, not the pumped-up professional elites as portrayed in modern war movies.
In Combat one grenade takes out the armored car, not twenty!
@@389383 guess they had a smaller budget.
What modern movies?
@@389383 then kirby would check it out.
I think I got a few more gray hairs watching this. Wearing their chinstraps was the last thing WW2 GIs would do.
Yes sir my dad was a tank mechanic and assistant gunner in a Sherman tank crew in WWII Europe was lucky enough to survive an made it up through the battle of the bulge, the Ardennes, right on up to Berlin the only time that chin strap was on his chin was if someone picky about uniforms like general Patton came along soon as he was gone that garrote was off and for the young people who don't know what a garrote is well...let a German get behind you and grab the front of your helmet and pull backwards you'll find out very quickly whenever the chin strap slips backwards and starts crushing your windpipe while he's probably sticking a knife in your back. True stuff passed on from someone who was there and passed it along to his kid. Lot of history dissappears everytime a veteran passes away if they are willing to talk LISTEN and appreciate what they went through. If they were lucky enough to make it home and then if they look grumpy grouchy or sad maybe even crying just take a look at what the people have done to the country they love, my dad said if he would have known how Clinton was going to get in office he'd of never went and that was hard as hell for him to say because he was proud of his time in the service he's been gone since February 1998 🥺😭
Cast:
Dana Andrews as Staff Sergeant Bill Tyne
Richard Conte as Pvt Rivera
George Tyne as PFC Jake Friedman
John Ireland as Pfc Windy Craven
Lloyd Bridges as Staff SGT “Farmer” Ward
Sterling Holloway as Pvt Mac “McWilliams”
Norman Lloyd as Pvt Archimbeau
Herbert Rudely as Staff Sergeant Edward Porter
Richard Ben-diet as Pvt Tranella
Hunts Halls as Pvt Caraway
George Offer-man Jr as Tinker
Steve Brodie as Private Judson
Matt Wills as SGT .Pete Halverosn
Chris Drake as Pfc Tim Rankin
Alvin Hammer as Johnson
Jay Norris as Cousins
John Kellogg as Riddle
Bits:
James Base as Solider
Harry Cline as Kramer
Tony Dante as Girgo
Danny Desmond as Trasker
George Turner as Driver
I fully understand that this movie really is not about the war, it’s more focused on the personalities inside their uniforms and their interactions with each other, and from that point of view it is an excellent portrait of what they became through their combat and the events that they were involved in, however, from a purely military perspective it really sucked, absolutely no semblance of the military tactics and operating procedures, coming in as a secondary story, but it does not detract from the film directors and screenwriters vision, and it certainly worked, really interesting,entertaining and thought provoking for us viewers, thanks for sharing it with us all.
Agreed. I USED TO think this was an accurate movie until I served in the Army (decades after WW2, of course). Now I see it as the common type of 'stream of consciousness' movies that were common in this era. Soldiers probably didn't even talk like that in WW2; they sure don't today. That and the truly awful singing in the background...
"from a purely military perspective it really sucked, absolutely no semblance of the military tactics and operating procedures".
Well, since you served, could you explain one basic thing to me that bothered me throughout the movie. If there were allied planes flying overhead, why in the world would they expend the lives of dozens of infantrymen instead of just sending a plane to blow the farmhouse to Kingdom Come? Am I missing something obvious?
@@gordonfrickers5592 correct
@@lsmart probably because they didn’t have communications with the forward air controllers or the original intelligence did not put the building as high priority or heavily defended.
To much singing and silly banter.
An excellent movie. There's great dialog between George Tyne and Richard Conte.
Any war to happen is bad for both sides as many families will be destroyed and famished. But we must remember and salute the soldiers for their sacrifice and bravery. Good movie
I knew Squeaky voice was going to get it.. Sterling Holloway
Sterling Holloway the voice of Winnie the Pooh
Thank you TSV for this most excellent presentation of this film. It's one, if not the, best I've ever seen. This film alone rates you a subscription and like. I'm looking forward to your other content. Edit: watched it again, 8/23, noticed Riveria (Richard Conte) has a .45 holster, correct for machine gunner in WW2.
Very happy to see this movie restored. A great movie with great performances. One of my favorites
The singing absolutely sucks the big one. Mindless.
Wholeheartedly agree. This is the essence of being a foot soldier. Great cast.
A lot of people nowadays don't remember WWII Italy, or maybe only Mussolini. I'm a Texas Veteran and proud to see such a great film. Mark Clark was more interested in being the last man to liberate Rome, which was basically free anyway, than in helping our Tx men. SALUTE, brave men- we never forgot you!
Everybody disses Mark Clark. The real culprits were higher ups who thought Italy would be easy.
39:08 Sach (Huntz Hall) served in the Army During WW2. Despite this however, the Allies somehow won the War.
This is one of the classic war films with a incredible cast of actors. All of these guys were great character actors .
Dana Andrews was often a leading man.
@@rufust.firefly4890 That is very true . He was a leading man and a fine actor.
@@danielcombs3207 He was a victim of alcoholism from which he later claimed to have recovered but which may well have led to his dementia in the 1980s.
@@None-zc5vg He wasn't a victim. He was a human being with flaws who despite them brought a lot of joy to his fans in the films he made.
Burgess Meredith is the narrator. Kenneth Spencer sings the songs.
Notice * at 40.55, the soldier directly behind Dana Andrews, the one who lifts a cigarette to his lips at 41.10 that's Robert Horton of Wagon Train fame. He's 'uncredited' in this film.
Notice at 39.00, the soldier on the left holding his automatic ..... pointing directly at his pal on the right.
Seems the Luftwaffe got their hands on a few P - 51s.
Great shots of the P-38 lightnings in that scene, however.
This is an excellent movie. The dialog, especially between Richard Conte and George Tyne, sets it apart from more one-dimensional war (or anti-war) scripts.
Thankfully, I have never been involved in a war...but this film, to me, concentrated on each character, and their feelings, their confidence, their downfalls/ weaknesses....a great move, thankyou for posting SPROCKET VAULT
My Grandfather died fighting in Northern Italy,. As far as movies go this was a good one, but the producers should have hired a military adviser because the conduct of the soldiers, their tactics, how they addressed their weapons was simply unrealistic, as for the significant casualties just to take a farm house in daylight was far from realistic. From a German perspective, armed as the Germans were not a single GI should have made it across the open ground. The movie was an enjoyable romp, but as realistic as Star Wars.
SPROKET= THANKS!!! Many of these actors from the 1940s were STILL ACTIVE UP INTO THE 1970s!!! NORMAN LLOYD (tibet) was in a KOJAK episode/LLOYD BRIDGES ( poor soil to grow apples) had a TV series in the late 70s early 80s (simular to that DALLAS series)/RICHARD BENEDICT (soldier speaking ITALIAN to two ITALIAN stragglers) was directing many tv series in late 60s tru 70s!!/RICHARD CONTE (RIVERA) did OCEANS 11 in 1960 plus guest starring in UNTOUCHABLES & NAKED CITY in early 1960s plus other series and of course """GODFATHER"""/DANA ANDREWS (SARGANT TYNE) (brother is STEVE FORREST!!) did movies in 1960s/JOHN IRELAND (dear francis...) did a MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE in 1972/GEORGE TYNE (machine gun carrier) did a few FUGITIVE TV series episodes in 1960s☆☆☆☆ WW2 lingo=BUTT ME/WHEN I GET HOME.../SOME DAY SOMEBODYS GONNA PASTE YOU!!/HE,S WORKING FOR HIS PURPLE HEART,THATS ALL/FOR THE LOVE OF PETE☆☆☆☆☆
I just love watching old movies I always liked Dana Andrews he was a cool guy
I've been to Italy 🇮🇹 many, many times.
I lived there for nearly two years and traveled all over the country.
On one occasion I happened to come across an old Italian farmhouse which had a stone wall around it.
The farmhouse was deserted.
I have often wondered if it was where this picture was filmed.
I have seen this film many, many times.
All of those who were in it have passed away.
One of the greatest war movies ever made...the dialogue, character development, cinematography of closeups and soldier walking/speaking shots. No need of spectacular special effects...just superb movie making!
No it isn't. Between all of them having their chin straps buttoned which never happened. Yapping way too much about nothing. The entire opening scene, they act more like they are bored and in class. Lol. Landing craft are loud. It had it's moments. You want a war movie that follows a squad or platoon? Battleground is loads better than this .
Agreed. The best part of the film were the conversations among the soldiers about their fears and desires. It made it a more humanistic war film. In fact, I really liked it when we couldn't see the enemy. It made you feel like you were with the soldiers and that increased the fear because you could hear the action but couldn't see it, most of the time.
My uncle was in north Africa, Sicily and Italy. But that's all he ever told me. He generally refused to talk much about his war experiences. I first saw the film when I was about 10. I still remember the armored vehicle ambush, and the farmhouse assault.
No Actors died in the making of this movie; Give to the "Wounded Warrior Project"
Dana Andrews a great actor.
My father fought with Hitler in Germany, Mussolini in italy and Rommel in the desert, couldn't get on with anyone my father !!!
Was your father a German? What rank did Hitler give him. My father fought against the three guys your dad fought with.
Dan ads take away the pleasure of watching anything on yt.
UA-cam Ad Block extension or FF the movie and rewind.... no ads
Vrga que película más aburrida, 20min y no pasa nada enteresante
Great dialogue in this film. Saw it when I was about 9, not since, but I think it's really well written.
My father landed in Africa, then they were sent to a small island off of the coast of Italy. They were bombed there by the Germans. Then they were sent ashore at Salerno. He survived the war. He would not talk about it until I was in my teens. Night fighter squadron.
small budjet,no action,reality was not like this on the front,quiet walk all talk
When a GI platoon lands on the beaches of Italy during World War II, the troops face uncertainty and danger with every step. Those who survive the initial landing, including Sgt. Tyne (Dana Andrews) and Sgt. Ward (Lloyd Bridges), pursue a mission to take control of a farmhouse and blow up a nearby bridge. When the soldiers are not involved in enemy engagements,they pass the time in conversation while marching through the Italian countryside, but they always keep their objectives in mind.
I don't believe it. I've never seen a copy of this movie that looked even 25% as good as this. Wow!
This is one of THE best war movies ever produced. “Twelve o’clock High” 0:02 is another
Battleground.
@@nomadmarauder-dw9re 12 o’clock High
The dialogue seems to have been written as a stage play, not a film.
Also- you can't walk a hundred yards in Italy without passing a farm house or barn or small village. This was made in California farm country where you could still walk a long ways between syphilization, back then, anyways..
Syphilization? 😂😂😂 Nice metaphor.
A very underrated gem of the Silver Screen.
Classic. Some great names in this as well. Always love watching Dana Andrews and Richard Conte.
26 March 2023
I remember seeing this movie several times on TV in the early 1950s. I was and is still a great movie.
This is an absolutely stellar remaster. Thank you!
Thanks...it took a lot of work from a lot of good people.
Huntz hall witout slip Mahoney?
Watch movie GO FOR BROKE true story much better than this.
Gerald Kriss I saw Go for Broke long ago. Very good. One of my friends showed his ignorance by saying that that the Japanese Americans Should Have been interned. I told him that the internment was obviously unconstitutional. And only one Japanese-American was convicted of spying. Despite being hardworking and loyal Americans, they were relieved of their homes and farmland. This was done while their Youg men were fighting and dying in the E.T.O. I once read that the California Growers Association had a hand in the theft of of their land. I do not know if this is true. I would like to see a comment about this. Finally, it seems that any time the Constitution is ignored ,bad things happen.
the germans in the window was shooting a 30 cal browning
No actual German military weapons would have been available to a Hollywood studio in 1945. If ever.
🇺🇲"God Bless Our Veterans and Active Warrior's!!!"🇺🇲
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Amen!
My dad was wounded in world War one fighting hand to hand combat against the Germans got bayonet after killing many Germans he use to wake up screaming and one night in one of his nightmares he got up fighting on top of the bed and kicked the backboard of the bed and broke his toe I as a little boy and could hear him screaming and in his eighties I caught him crying and he kept saying over and over they were just young boys and I killed them and in world War two my brother was killed in action I was going to Vietnam the first ones to land there and they lost my military order and records they held back the bus that was taking us to the base and never found my records could hear the colonel hollering wheres his damn records the bus left and they kept me there several day and the colonel told me you lucky son of a bitc... go home you don't exist when we find them well call you they never did and the company I was supposed to be in got wiped out to the last man even the cameraman was killed they were inexperienced in jungle fighting I remember before they lost my records the colonel told us most of you are going to get killed those who survive will teach the new recruits how to fight in the jungle I guess it wasn't my time but I regret it because I should have been there with them it has been bothering my like hell all of my life I even wanted to get revenge for my company I tried to re enlisted go back they said no you already been enlisted will look for your records I went home crying because I should have been there it eating me alive it's not fair I wasn't there they died without me
Somehow I had never seen this film, but I am glad I did today. Thank you for posting this. Great movie.
This is a great film because it focuses on the characters as everyday people. Very realistic dialogue. The war itself is almost secondary.
Very well said.
This is one of the few WWII movies I've watched several times. No propaganda, combat burnout, and no heroes just ordinary men. Our own equipment used by the enemy,,, where were the makers going to get BF109s? If John Wayne could pull a frag pin with his teeth so could everyone else.
The aerial combat scenes are stock footage of real ww2 airplanes in combat. As long as movies were shot in black & white these images could rather easily be blended in. That's one of the reasons why still they shot "The Longest Day" (1962) in B/W instead of glorious Technicolor.
So, Don Bartzini was a machine gunner in World War II.
Mare Nostrum. Another great film I wish someone would share.
Lame movie...far too much macho talk.. Hollywood war style nonsense.
I've watched this movie over and over again and finally at my ripe old age I realized that those guys would not be carrying on such an intimate and quiet conversation on that landing craft. They were loud when that engine was running since they had no mufflers and they bounced around like a cork. These guys are going in circles waiting for all the other boats. In reality they'd be sicker than dogs barfing all over the bottom of the boat and cursing up a storm about their situation. I doubt anyone did any chit chatting. All they wanted was to get on land.
Excellent observation and probably very true .
Louis Lamboley so. This tells of these brave men who went into combat to free Italy.
@@juliemerritt5144 Yes, an excellent movie. I was knit picking. I'm detail oriented.
There are also several other technical error. A fragmentation hand grenade will not topple an armored car. None of the soldiers are seen carrying the satchel charges they would need to blow the bridge. The Germans have too many machine guns for the size of a squad holding that farmhouse. The Germans are using American 30 cal machine guns instead of their MG 42.
I concur . . . didn't take more than one hour before my digestive tract became EXPLOSIVE ! 💀 😖 😩 😫
Most of the veterans, including my uncle, always described their experiences as "mopping up" after the heavy fighting was completed. It never occurred to me until later that if all they did was mop up, who did the fighting? My uncle was a combat engineer. For those of you who don't know what their job was, it was dangerous. They rebuilt the bridges just destroyed, often under fire. They crawled under the bridges, often under fire, to remove the explosives and booby traps. After you have seen your buddy disintegrate in a blast, or his head shot off by a sniper, it's a wonder they all didn't become alcoholics, as my uncle did.
to much Stupid Signing to start off
This was my Dad's favorite movie although we are Air Force. "Nobody dies." Dad used that phrase for many circumstances life-threatening or not.
The way they all mass together. One shell, and poef, unit wiped 😮
Filmed the year I was born. First saw this in 1955. Love the C-ration scene. "Sewer" get this stuff in the sewer. I used that line during basic training, 1966.
I'm 65 years old and have been watching this movie my whole life and it has always been a great movie!!!!!1 I'm from jersey city and channel 5 and 9 were great movie channels way before over priced cable stations which cost a fortune and increase their fees every year. And you get less show's and have to pay premium such a joke .STREAM !!!!!!! THIS WAS THE GREATEST GENERATION!!!!!LET'S TRY AND REMEMBER WHAT THE WORLD WAS LIKE BEFORE BLUE HAIR COLLEGE STUDENTS.
You seem angry...did someone's dog chit on your lawn?
This is a ww2 movie during ww2 (late war) but still increneble and idk why they do movie when is the apokalypse
My Sicilian godfather fought in ww2 in the Army - he survived the first 4 years before he got injured - one of his ankles got badly broken while walking between battles, he was a sniper
This is a great film.
Not a big budget film by any measure but that attack on the farmhouse is chilling.
character development solid acting often are all thats needed . Yes the farm house attack was climatic .
I agree. I was rooting for those men. Unfortunately some did die, but they took it.
A study in human nature. It's a movie about soldiers talking to each other. Not much action but interesting.
Plane doing the strafing that killed the medic looks like a P51 Mustang.
I saw that, too, but I doubt if there were any unused Messerschmitts or FWs lying around for use in the making of this movie. That Nazi armored car looked more like US made equipment and the burned up tanks were basically mock-ups.
In a landing craft it's a hell of a lot louder and a good number of the fellows on that boat would be blowing chunks.
Are the planes at 56:20 animated? If so, bravo. The scene where the plane kills the medic is really impressive, also.
Naa they just taken real clips from gun cams and what not then spliced them in... Like when the lighting shot down the German plane, it shows a flat metal deck like from a carrier..50:47 film is on a ocean... Tho odds are when this was made most tv's where black and white and like 20 inches for a big living room tv, so doubt they would have noticed...
Great movie, right up there with Battleground!. As this was released 6 months after "The Story of GI Joe" starring Burgess Meredith, it makes me wonder if the director got Burgess to narrate this movie due to that movie's success? His distinctive voice would instantly be recognized and people would associate the two movies together.
This is right up there with The Story of GI Joe. A fine gentleman I worked with was in Italy: 1st Armored Division. Anzio and Monte Cassino.
Mac shot by friendly fire P51 Mustang
I was a infantryman with the First Cavalry Division in Vietnam , so many war movies are just so much fantasy for me. Fantasy and unintentional comedy like the Green Berets which is practically a laugh a minute. But A Walk in the Sun at least for me holds up but Im not sure I can explain why . The tactics shown in the film despite the presence of a Colonel as techincal advisor are not out of the Infantry School but from hunger. A frontal attack and a poorly coordinated diversion . The Battle Hymn of the Republic playing over the attack. But theirs something about it. the performances Dana Andrews , Richard Conte and Richard Benjamin.( you catch on slow Rivera but you catch on good) And John Ireland as windy. I guess it does convey the cynicism of the combat solider. and the dogged determination you need to do the job. Overall i would place it along side Battleground as the best of the 1940s war films
Great restoration 😀
"A walk in the sun" is the euphemism drill sergeants give for a 20 mile road march.
About time they restored this classic. Harry Brown's book and his screenplay is one and the same. Catchy dialogue that few will appreciate today. Lewis Milestone directed this and his two other anti-war films, "All Quiet on the Western Front " and "Porkchop Hill". Realism has to be suspended in this film as everyone has an rifle cartridge belt without any cartridges no matter what weapon they carry.
ucla has restored hundreds of films and t v programs
This movie is big on senseless rambling and low on action.
Awsome movie. Thank you for your service
A great film, one of the best war films. I've watched it several times as it is one of my favorites.
A quality cast with great dialogue and story.
Standard WWII hometowns: Brooklyn, Jersey City, "The South," a farm, and Tex from Texas.
Special Note= on COMBAT TV SERIES when a GERMAN HALF TRACK shows up it,s ALLWAYS an OPEN TURRET top with MACHINE GUN and of course SAUNDERS gets in the TURRET a grenade or 2 so the scriptwriters make it a bit EASIER to have our heros SURVIVE!!! (to continue to be seen for the NEXT 100 EPISODES!!!!)NOTE= to the few out in comment land=STOP NITPICKING!!!! Seen in 1945 the movie audience would NOT KNOW a GERMAN WEAPON from an AMERICAN WEAPON!!! So visually at least the movie gave the 1945 viewers a good idea of what the WAR looked and felt like☆By the1990s tru 2023 we the CITIZENS are kept from just WHAT THE NEW WAR/POLICE ACTION WE GET INVOLVED IN LOOKS LIKE VISUALLY????(such as UKRAINE /RUSSIAN situation that NOW seems pushed aside in news reports!!!!
Great movie, but around 1.22 I think I saw Lloyd Bridges pull the grenade pin with his teeth. Not to take anything away from this movie. Greatest generation and great movie. The conversation is very good in the film.
There is no ammo in the ammo pouches and no bandoleers of ammo, so how much ammo and where are they carrying it?
Thanks to stupid Hollywood war movies, people think you can pull a pin off a grenade with your teeth. You can't. All you do is lose teeth.
The only time I had to throw grenades was in basic training thankfully. Pull the pin with my teeth? I could hardly pull the pin with my fingers.
@@yoelfischel6327 I was in the Armoured Corps, so only threw them in Basics as well.
Those in command thought rifles and grenades were 'infantry stuff' in their pathetic wisdom.
Personally, I thought the Marine approach of every Marine being a rifleman first was far more sensible.
at 1.23 thats an american half track
Back in the 80s I used to stay up late watching the LATE LATE Show on Fridays and Saturdays to watch old movies like this one....they SHO' don't make'em like they used to.... I NEEDS A DREENK 🤙🍺🥃😎
Bergis Meredith? Narrating?
Looked for credits, but didn't spot him. ?
It sounds like him doing his 'midwestern' voice.
Why do Americans the same act as Japanese soldiers carry out banzai attack ?
There is such an occasion that a sergeant of platoon leader has a headache and can't command his platoon ?