The Best 50s War Movies…Great list
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15.The African Queen
Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart
The African Queen is a 1951 adventure film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John..
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14.Ben-Hur
Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins
Ben-Hur is a 1959 American epic historical drama film, directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack..
13.The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke
The Desert Fox is a 1951 biographical film about Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in the later stages of World War II. It stars James Mason in the title role, was directed by Henry Hathaway..
12.The Desert Rats
Richard Burton, Robert Newton
The Desert Rats is a 1953 American war film about the World War II siege of Tobruk. It stars Richard Burton and was directed by Robert Wise..
11.Dunkirk
Richard Attenborough, John Mills
Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and Bernard Lee. It was based on two novels: Elleston Trevor’s The Big Pick-Up..
10.The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Grace Kelly, Mickey Rooney
The Bridges at Toko-Ri is a film from 1954 that was directed by Mark Robson and was based on the novel by James Michener about a U.S. Navy pilot assigned to bomb a group of heavily..
9.Run Silent, Run Deep
Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster
Run Silent, Run Deep is a 1958 film starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster, based on the novel of the same name by Commander Edward L. Beach, Jr.. The title refers to “silent running”, a..
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8.The Dam Busters
Robert Shaw, Patrick McGoohan
The Dam Busters is a British Second World War war film starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd and directed by Michael Anderson. The film recreates the true story of Operation..
7.The Red Badge of Courage
Audie Murphy, James Whitmore
The Red Badge of Courage is a 1951 war film made by MGM. Directed by John Huston, it was produced by Gottfried Reinhardt with Dore Schary as executive producer. The screenplay is by..
6.Stalag 17
William Holden, Peter Graves
Stalag 17 is a 1953 comedy-drama war film which tells the story of a group of American airmen held in a German World War II prisoner of war camp, who come to suspect that one of..
5.The Searchers
John Wayne, Natalie Wood
The Searchers is a 1956 American Technicolor VistaVision Western film directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, and starring John Wayne as a middle-aged veteran..
4.To Hell and Back
Audie Murphy, Denver Pyle
To Hell and Back is a CinemaScope war film released in 1955. It was directed by Jesse Hibbs and starred Audie Murphy as himself. It is based on the 1949 autobiography of the same name..
3.Paths of Glory
Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou
Paths of Glory is a 1957 American film by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb. Set during WWI, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the..
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2.Pork Chop Hill
Gregory Peck, Martin Landau
Pork Chop Hill is a 1959 American Korean War film starring Gregory Peck, Rip Torn and George Peppard. The film, which was the final war film directed by Lewis Milestone, is based upon the…
1.The Bridge on the River Kwai
Alec Guinness, William Holden
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 WWII epic film directed by David Lean, based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai by Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the.
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