Just remembered Bridge at Remagen. I liked it as a kid.
Another memorable WWII-set flick made in the 60s was Once Before I Die. It was a weird movie set in the Phillipines during the Jap invasion in 41. The ending battle was tres bizarre. But I was young, and watching Ursula Andress prance...
The Sand Pebbles wasn't a war movie. The setting was a USN gunboat on the so-called Yangzee (sp?) patrol.
I love Kelly's Heros, but I see it as a bank heist movie in a war setting. More fun that way!
That place was FUN! I fired their M34 Styer and my friend fired the Browning M1919 (I think it was sixty rounds). I also bought a used LMT AR-10 while there.
AS far as things to see, Devil's Tower was k00l. And some of the drives we took were beautiful. I'm fixin' to get back this fall on the...
The following truisms apply when a woman moves in with you:
i) Your heating bill will skyrocket;
ii) A 24-roll jumbo family-size toilet paper pack will last a week...maybe;
iii) You can have a 50,000 watt industrial-strength garbage disposal capable of shredding car frames, but she will...
Fear Strikes Out
More about mental disorder, brought on by an overbearing father, with baseball career as the backdrop.
Heh, I wanted to mention Rhubarb. Watched it as a kid. "Fred" from I Love Lucy was in it.
Another great movie, if you haven't seen, is 12 Strong. It covers a special forces team in the very earliest days of the Afghanistan conflict (as in one month following Sept. 11). Very well done and fun to watch.