Pork Chop Hill (1959)
Action | Drama | War
During the Korean War peace talks, U.S. troops fight to retake a hill from the Communist Chinese forces.
Starring: Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, George Peppard, Carl Benton Reid, James Edwards
Director: Lewis Milestone
The North Star / Armored Attack! (1943)
Drama | Musical | Romance | War
When the school year ends, five friends from a small Ukrainian village decide to travel to Kiev. Their trip is cut short when German aircraft attack and their town falls under occupation. While many escape to the hills to form an anti-Nazi resistance group, a German doctor, Dr. Otto Von Harden (Erich von Stroheim), begins to use the children for medical experiments and as sources of blood transfusions for wounded German soldiers. Directed by Lewis Milestone, this story of valiant resistance stars Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter and Walter Huston as the Russian doctor who discovers the nefarious German plot. THE NORTH STAR was re-released in the midst of the Cold War as ARMORED ATTACK! The original references to the allied Russian military were excised and an overtly anti-Communist narration track was added.
Starring: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan, Ann Harding, Jane Withers
Director: Lewis Milestone
Les Miserables (1952)
Drama | History | Romance
After stealing a loaf a bread to feed a starving family, Jean Valjean is sentenced to ten years at hard labor as a galley slave. There he is taught to read and write by another prisoner and meets Javert, an obsessive policeman who was himself born to convict parents aboard a prison ship. After his release, Valjean is treated as a pariah but finally finds shelter in the home of a kindly bishop. Valjean repays the clergyman's generosity by stealing his silver plate. He is apprehended by the authorities and returned to the bishop but is amazed when the kindly old priest tells them that the valuable plates were a gift. This becomes a transforming experience for the ex-convict, who establishes himself under an assumed name in a small country village as factory manager and ultimately mayor. Unfortunately the newly-promoted Javert is assigned there as chief inspector. Although he doesn't recognize his old nemesis at first, the two clash over Javert's overzealous prosecution of the letter of the law. When a mentally challenged homeless man is arrested and accused of being Valjean, the conscience-ridden parole violator reveals his true identity to the court and the already suspicious Javert. Valjean is forced to abandon his property and with his adopted daughter again flee the relentless pursuit of Javert.
Starring: Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget, Edmund Gwenn, Sylvia Sidney
Director: Lewis Milestone
Ocean's Eleven / Ocean's 11 (1960)
Comedy | Crime | Music
New Year's Eve in Las Vegas. Roulette wheels spin, cards snap, slots chime, champagne fizzes, shows go on…and the lights go out. It's the perfect time to steal a kiss or a $25 chip. But for Danny Ocean and 10 partners in crime, it's the ideal moment to steal millions.
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Richard Conte
Director: Lewis Milestone
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Drama | War
In 1914, a group of German teenagers volunteer for action on the Western Front. Paul Baumer is a sensitive youth, but is persuaded to join up by a war-mongering professor advocating glory for the Fatherland. Paul and his friends are trained under Himmelstoss, a kindly postmaster turned brutal corporal, and then sent to the front lines to taste battle, blood and death.
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Starring: Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray
Director: Lewis Milestone
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Adventure | Drama | History
An 18th-century British naval vessel sets off for Tahiti. The Captain uses any means to keep up a strict discipline to get there as fast as possible. When they arrive at Tahiti, it seems like a paradise for the crew. On the way back, officer Fletcher Christian becomes their leader in a mutiny, the captain is cast adrift and the mutineers settle in the Pitcairn Islands.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Tarita
Director: Lewis Milestone
