Bruce Cowling, Don Taylor, Douglas Fowley
We follow a band of American soldiers as they engage the Germans in a snowy, foggy winter near Bastogne in World War II. They're low on fuel, rations, and ammunition; the Germans are constantly encour...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 4, 2004
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February 28, 2009If you've seen the landmark mini-series Band of Brothers then you've seen a gritty, less stylized version of William Wellman's Battleground. Considering the era (late 1940s), Wellman does a nice job of using Hollywood's standard glorification of combat to frame the...( read more)
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August 9, 2009A war film from the late forties, possibly the first time that World War 2 looked like it wasn?t a fun adventure in a studio film. It was a grim and gritty take on the Battle of the Bulge, this caused a lot of arguments within MGM (Louis B. Mayer, who preferred light pleasant en...( read more)
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May 25, 2009A pretty good film about the Battle of the Bulge. Wellman does good with the action and all of the actors do a good job. The problem I had,and it's not this film's fault, was after watching Band Of Brothers all Battle of the Bulge film fail in comparison.This was a great looking ...( read more)
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October 15, 2008a good WW2 flick set at the Battle of the Bulge,good acting all around,if your a WW2 movies fan this is a must see,filmed in ''49 this is as old school as you can get
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July 18, 2007A great movie that shows the soldier's situation during the Battle of the Bulge in WWII, and for some, how they died, or bravery in dire straights.
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May 19, 2007I want to see this movie...and I see it is out on DVD too! Well, I love Van Johnson...old movies...and war stories....and hey, yes, Pierre says it is about his actual soldier unit!
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September 17, 2006Great film! Should be in the top 10 of the greatest war-films of all time. Tells war how it is more effectively than Saving Private Ryan ever could. A rip-roarer of a film!
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