BATTLE OF BRITAIN(1969)
This is too long, and I'm not a fan of war movies, which of
course this is. Great actors, well acted and a really good
WAR movie, but I'm just not a fan! For what it is, it's
well done! B+
From a reviewer at Amazon.com:
There's something about this film that's so irresistible,
despite its grandiose manipulation. Maybe because it
recounts the greatest air battle in history, achieving the
greatest aerial battle in film history. Maybe because it
has such a terrific cast (Harry Andrews, Michael Caine,
Trevor Howard, Curt Jurgens, Laurence Olivier, Nigel
Patrick, Christopher Plummer, Michael Redgrave, Ralph
Richardson, Robert Shaw, Patrick Wymark, and Edward
Fox). Maybe because it's so technically well-made,
thanks to the Bond team of producer Harry Saltzman
and director Guy Hamilton and the great cinematographer
Freddie Young. Or maybe because there is something
truly riveting about watching the British kick the Nazis
back to Germany. --Bill Desowitz