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1.A Bridge Too Far/The Great Escape/Battle Of Britain starring: Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Christopher Plummer, Michael Caine, Edward Fox directed by: Richard Attenborough, Guy Hamilton, John Sturges October 16, 2006
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There is nothing I can add to the reviews for each of the individual films which rate as classics in the war film genre. I'm of that generation that can remember it being a really big event especially at Christmas when the Great Escape was on the telly and like many people can remember it scene by scene but still feel its better than most modern films relying on computer generated effects. Myself an ex RAF man its always thrilling to see the aerial scenes of the Battle of Britain made ironically with the help of the then fascist Spanish air force who where still flying Heinkels, Dorniers and Meschershmits a left over from Franco's friendship with Hitler. A bridge too far made in 1977 came later but is true to Corneleus Ryans book being historically ... Read More:

2.The Magnificent Seven (Special Edition) [1960] starring: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, Robert Vaughn directed by: John Sturges June 25, 2001
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Whilst this probably isn't the best western ever made its certainly up there amongst the top flight. It was fortunately made a few years before 'A Fistful of Dollars', which changed westerns and what was expected from them. Take the classic Kurosawa film 'Seven Samurai' (which is given its due in the opening credits) and reinvent it in the American west. Then add the staggeringly good cast of Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, James Coburn and Robert Vaughan and what you have is a near perfect piece of Cinema. Some of these guys (like McQueen) were not the bigshots they would later become, but they are incredibly cool. Just a look is enough for these actors. For example, James Coburn hardly says a word throughout ... Read More:

3.The Great Escape [1963] starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence directed by: John Sturges February 01, 2000
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An early war film before the use of special effects works by it's "acting". These were top escapists who weren't to be denied, how they actually succeeded was through ingenuity, except it came at a cost, namely death and recapture. The Germans knew they were going to be tested but they hadn't the collective nous to thwart the impending break out/s. Very sanitary in it's portrayal as it lacks an edge apart from the final scene of McQueen trying to outwit his pursuers. Marvellous back drop and having Bronson being a tunnelman afraid of the dark/clostrophobic and the brains of the operation going blind shows how plans can almost backfire. An excellent cast illuminates this War time drama, a deserved favourite!

4.Clint Eastwood Collection - Play Misty For Me/Joe Kidd/Two Mules For Sister Sarah/Coogan's Bluff/The Beguiled/The Eiger Sanction/High Plains Drifter/Breezy starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, George Kennedy, John Saxon directed by: Clint Eastwood, Don Siegel, John Sturges June 11, 2007
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I bought this set for my husband who is a huge fan. One of the titles - Breezy does not have Clint in it, it was directed by him which I was unaware of at the time I bought it.

5.The Great Escape - Definitive Edition [1963] starring: Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Richard Attenborough, James Coburn directed by: John Sturges March 05, 2007
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I bought this set for my husband who is a huge fan. One of the titles - Breezy does not have Clint in it, it was directed by him which I was unaware of at the time I bought it.

6.The Magnificent Seven Collection [1960] starring: Yul Brynner, Julian Mateos, Warren Oates, Claude Akins, Lee Van Cleef directed by: John Sturges, Paul Wendkos, Burt Kennedy, George McCowan October 15, 2001
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all western fans should own this set just to listen to the music .the first film is probably the most famous cowboy film ever made with many great actors staring in it and is unforgettable.the 3 follow ons get weaker and weaker but are still quite watchable and enjoyable.

7.Gunfight At The Ok Corral [1957] starring: Kirk Douglas, Whit Bissell, Kenneth Tobey, Burt Lancaster, Rhonda Fleming directed by: John Sturges September 25, 2006
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Apart from the famous gunfight at the end, this is an oddly uninvolving western. The fine cast come across as mere cyphers, and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday looks far too healthy to be dying of TB. John Sturges directed the much better sequel 'Hour of the Gun' a few years later. Worth a look, but not worth its fame.

8.Ice Station Zebra [1968] starring: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Lloyd Nolan, Jim Brown directed by: John Sturges May 02, 2005
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Patrick McGoohan is excellent in this as an ice cold spy and he has some great lines. Ernest Borgnine and Jim Brown are also good. Rock Hudson is a bit tepid. I think it has superb picture quality, and the kind of film score that stays in the memory. It is true, there is not a lot of action, so it is not for those who are just action junkies. It is a film of it's time. As already stated, it is one for the afternoon.

9.The Great Escape (Special Edition) [1963] starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson directed by: John Sturges May 20, 2002
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An early war film before the use of special effects works by it's "acting". These were top escapists who weren't to be denied, how they actually succeeded was through ingenuity, except it came at a cost, namely death and recapture. The Germans knew they were going to be tested but they hadn't the collective nous to thwart the impending break out/s. Very sanitary in it's portrayal as it lacks an edge apart from the final scene of McQueen trying to outwit his pursuers. Marvellous back drop and having Bronson being a tunnelman afraid of the dark/clostrophobic and the brains of the operation going blind shows how plans can almost backfire. An excellent cast illuminates this War time drama, a deserved favourite!

10.Steve McQueen Collection : The Great Escape / The Magnificent Seven / The Thomas Crown Affair / The Sand Pebbles (4 Disc Box Set) starring: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Yaphet Kotto, Candice Bergen, Charles Bronson directed by: John Sturges, Robert Wise, Norman Jewison February 19, 2007
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An early war film before the use of special effects works by it's "acting". These were top escapists who weren't to be denied, how they actually succeeded was through ingenuity, except it came at a cost, namely death and recapture. The Germans knew they were going to be tested but they hadn't the collective nous to thwart the impending break out/s. Very sanitary in it's portrayal as it lacks an edge apart from the final scene of McQueen trying to outwit his pursuers. Marvellous back drop and having Bronson being a tunnelman afraid of the dark/clostrophobic and the brains of the operation going blind shows how plans can almost backfire. An excellent cast illuminates this War time drama, a deserved favourite!

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