Battle Cry
by Raoul Walsh
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Actor: Aldo Ray, James Whitmore, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson, Van HeflinDirector: Raoul Walsh
Brand: HEFLIN,VAN
Cinematographer: Sidney Hickox
Editor: William H. Ziegler
Producer: Jack L. Warner
Writer: Leon Uris
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Cantonese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Taiwanese Chinese (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 149 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 24328
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Van Heflin, Aldo Ray and Tab Hunter in Raoul Walsh's hard-hitting-action epic of Marine Corps heroism in the WWII Pacific, based on Leon Uris' gritty best-seller. Year: 1955Running Time: 149 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 085392432820 UPC: 085392432820 Manufacturer No: 24328
DVD Reviews of Battle Cry
DVD Review: Not the best war film
Summary: 2 Stars
"Battle Cry" was produced in 1955 and has an ensemble cast including Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, James Whitmore, Raymond Massey, LQ Jones, Fess Parker, Anne Francis, and Dorothy Malone.
Aldo Ray served as a frogman in the Navy from 1944 to 1946. Ray was nominated for a Golden Globe as best newcomer for "Pat and Mike" (1952). He played a tough guy in films like "We're No Angels" (1955), "God's Little Acre (1958), and "The Green Berets" (1968). He plays "the lumberjack"
Raymond Massey served in WW 1 with the Canadians on the Western front and again in WW 2. He was wounded in both wars. He was nominated for an Oscar for playing "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" (1940) which remains, to date, the best ever portrayal of Lincoln. He reprised the role on TV in "The Day Lincoln was Shot" (1950) and again in "How the West Was Won" (1962). On TV he played Dr. Gillepsie in the series "Dr Kildare" (1961-5).
Fess Parker served in WW 2 in the Marines as a radio operator. He's best known as Davy Crockett from the Walt Disney TV series. He plays "the Texan"
James Whitmore was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marines in WW 2. He was nominated for an Oscar for Battleground" (1949) and for "Give `em Hell Harry" (1975) and also won an Emmy for his appearance in an episode of "The Practice" (1997). One of his best roles came late in life, at the age of 73, when he played a convict unable to adjust to the real world in "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994). Whitmore provide voice over and plays the Sergeant.
Van Heflin is best remembered as the farmer from "Shane" (1953), although he won an Oscar for his supporting role in "Johnny Eager" (1941). Heflin's memorable roles include Andrew Johnson in "Tennessee Johnson" (1942), Athos in "The 3 Musketeers" (1948), and the rancher in "3:10 to Yuma" (1957).
This was LQ Jones first film, and in fact, he plays LQ Jones and he liked the name so much he took it. Jones was a favorite of Sam Peckinpah and appeared in 5 of his films. I remember him best as the bounty hunter friend of Strother Martin in "The Wild Bunch" (1969). LQ is "the wise guy"
John Lupton plays "the bookworm" and Tab Hunter plays "the All-American boy."
Beautiful Anne Francis was the award winning star of "Honey West" on TV (1965-6). She graced us with her beauty in films like "Blackboard Jungle" (1955), "Forbidden Planet" (1956), and "Funny Girl" (1968).
Sultry Dorothy Malone is best known for her role on "Peyton Place" (1964-8), but she was also an Oscar winner for "Written on the Wind" (1956). She was featured in the TV series "Rich Man, Poor Man" (1976) and most recently in "Basic Instinct" (1992).
Leon Uris, the film's writer, was a Marine and served as a combat radioman from 1942 to 1945, seeing actions at Guadalcanal and Tarawa. He's best known as the author of "Exodus" (1958)
The film focuses on the Marines and the first third centers on boot camp. Apart from Abbott and Costello's "Buck Privates", most war films up until this time tended to focus on the war, not the training. The last third of the film focuses on the attack at Saipan, but it is the middle third that turns into a virtual soap opera. Films like "From Here to Eternity" were able to deal with the woman at war issue successfully, "Battle Cry" fails miserably.
For a war film, there isn't too much war, and a lot of the stock footage is not well assimilated into the film.
There are so many better war films it's hard to give this one a thumbs up. During this same time period, far better films include "Battleground" (1949), "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949), "Attack" (1956), "Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957), and "Paths to Glory" (1957).
Description of Battle Cry
Drama.Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: NR
Release Date: 14-FEB-2006
Media Type: DVD
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