A YANK IN THE R.A.F.:
Tyrone Power and Betty Grable are captivating in this romantic WWII drama. When slick, money-motivated pilot Tim Baker (Power) takes a high-paying job ferrying bombers across the Atlantic, he meets up with Carol (Grable), an old flame who sparks enough new heat that Baker joins England's R.A.F. just to be near her. But Carol is also pursued by another pilot - Baker's superior officer! And when Baker must begin flying bombing missions, life suddenly takes on far more meaning than ever before. Featuring actual aerial combat footage and Grable's classic musical numbers, A Yank In The R.A.F. is an engagingly dramatic love story.
THE DESERT FOX:
James Mason delivers a strong performance in the title role of this sympathetic study of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. In the early '40s, Rommel's juggernaut Afrika Korps dominated North Africa. But as the tide turned and he came to the painful realization that his Fuhrer, to whom he had sworn allegiance, was destroying Germany, his ingrained sense of duty pushed him into a conspiracy against Hitler. Focusing on the later part of Rommel's career, the film portrays him as a dedicated soldier, sympathetic to his men and devoted to the art of waging war in a dignified, disciplined manner.
GUADALCANAL DIARY:
Based on the best seller of the same name, Guadalcanal Diary is one of the greatest war movies of all time. This strikingly realistic film follows a devoted platoon of Marines through the terrors of war in the South Pacific.
CRASH DIVE:
This romantic adventure, set during World War II, features two Navy men vying for the love of the same woman. Tyrone Powers stars as Lieutenant Ward Stewart, a rakish Navy man recently assigned to a new post on a submarine. While on a train headed to Washington D.C., Stewart meets teacher Jean Hewlitt (Anne Baxter), quickly falls for her, and eventually succeeds in gaining her affection. What Stewart doesn't know is that Hewlitt is the girlfriend of his commanding officer, Lt. Commander Dewey Connors (Dana Andrews). After a dangerous mission is completed, Stewart asks Hewlitt to marry him, and she accepts. Further complications develop when both officers set off together on a dangerous mission to destroy a Nazi base - after Connors discovers that his subordinate has been pursuing his women.
HEAVEN KNOWS, MR. ALLISON:
In John Huston's Heaven Knows Mr Allison, Robert Mitchum plays a heroic Marine sergeant and Deborah Kerr an Irish nun, both stranded on a Pacific island during World War II. Whilst hiding from the Japanese military and struggling to survive they fall deeply in love with each other, compelling her to question her vows.
