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March 24th, 2013: The Great Escape (1963)

Mar24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Prison, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, blind, Charles Bronson, claustrophobia, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence, Elmer Bernstein, James Coburn, James Garner, John Sturges, motorcycle, Nazis, Nigel Stock, pilots, prison, prison break, Richard Attenborough, solitary, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, tunnel, World War Two

April 18th, 2012: Gunga Din (1939)

Apr18 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Poem, Black and White, Buddy Flick, Cavalry, Comedy, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies, Western Tagged Alfred Newman, Ben Hecht, Best Cinematography Nominee, brawl, Britain, British Army, bugle, captured by the enemy, Cary Grant, cult leader, cultists, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Eduardo Ciannelli, elephant, fanatic, fiance, George Stevens, India, Joan Fontaine, John Sturges, loosely adapted, Montagu Love, National Film Registry, noble savage, noble servant, RKO, Rudyard Kipling, Sam Jaffe, schemer, Thuggee, treasure, Victor McLaglen, water boy

April 4th, 2012: The Magnificent Seven (1960)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Buddy Flick, Independent, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, War Movies, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, before they were famous, Best Score Nominee, Brad Dexter, Charles Bronson, coward, Eli Wallach, Elmer Bernstein, farmers, greed, gunfighter, Horst Bucholz, James Coburn, John Sturges, knife thrower, mercenary, Mexico, remake of a foreign film, Robert J. Wilke, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, under siege, United Artists, Victor French, village, Yul Brynner

March 24th, 2012: The Great Escape (1963)

Mar24 by Professor Mortis

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October 26th, 2011: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Oct26 by Professor Mortis

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