1. What movie is the picture from?
2. What movie is the quote from?
Worse! Kenley and Biggin are a shambles and the rest
not much better. God Knows how many aircraft we'll have in the morning! All
because 12 Group couldn't do their stuff. Leigh-Mallory and his big wings!
Might as well stay on the ground for all the use they are!
3. What movie is this?
It is a “war” movie based on the eponymous novel by Alan LeMay. It was released in 1956 toward the end of the
great period of black and white Westerns and is considered by many to be the
best movie of that genre. It is marked
by peak performances by director John Ford and his perennial star, John
Wayne. Shockingly, although the film did
well at the box office, it did not get a single Academy Award nomination. The casting was interesting. Natalie Wood’s sister plays the younger
Debbie. Natalie was still in high school
at the time of filming and you can imagine the stir when Wayne and/or Jeffery
Hunter would sometimes come to pick her up at school. Fess Parker of “Davy Crockett” fame was set
to play the Martin Pawley role, but Disney would not allow him to. He later said it was the biggest loss of his
career. Buddy Holly got the idea for the
title of his hit “That’ll Be the Day” from the oft used line in the movie.
2. Battle of Britain
ReplyDelete3. The Searchers
Yeah, I have the same answers as David. I know #1 is a Vietnam movie, but can't quite place it...
ReplyDeleteHint for the picture: the door gunner was supposed to have a much larger role, but was replaced. His consolation prize was the following line (after being asked how he could shoot women and children): "Easy! Ya' just don't lead them so much. Ain't war hell?"
ReplyDeleteI recognize the quote but still had to look it up. David, I'll let you have the honors. Look it up if you can't place it.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing you are not British.
Delete#1 is FMJ
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