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Synopsis: A United States Army infantry company is based in a Belgian town near the front lines during World War II. Morale is low because of the incompetent leadership of their commander, Capt. Erskine Cooney. Executive Officer Lt. Harold Woodruff believes the men are longer fit for combat as a result but has been assured the company's fighting days are over. Woodruff's worst fears are realized when the company is ordered to stop a German advance and instead of sending the entire company, Cooney chooses to send just one platoon under the command of Lt. Joe Costa and abandon them when they get pinned down. Who's in it? The movie stars Jack Palance , Eddie Albert , Lee Marvin , Buddy Ebsen and William Smithers. Review: I started out watching another war movie this morning but lost interest after only a few minutes and decided to instead call an audible and finally watch Attack , which has been in my library for a couple weeks. I picked out this movie mostly because I rec...

Synopsis: A World War II mine sweeper comes under the command of a by-the-book commander who quickly angers his fellow officers because of his obsessive and paranoid personality. When he freezes during a typhoon and puts his ship in danger, his first officer relieves him of command and faces mutiny charges as a result. Who's in it?  The movie stars Humphrey Bogart , Fred MacMurray , Van Johnson , Lee Marvin and Robert Francis. You can read my review of The Caine Mutiny here:  Movie Review: The Caine Mutiny (1954) (wizzley.com)

Synopsis: A World War II Army major is put in charge of a group of ex-soldier convicts and told to turn them into a commando unit. They are then sent on a top secret suicide mission to kill dozens of high ranking German officers so the German military will struggle to respond to the upcoming D-Day invasion with the promise they will have their sentences commuted if they succeed and survive. You can read my review here:  https://wizzley.com/movie-review-of-the-dirty-dozen-1967/