The Ottoman Empire officially entered the First World War as the consequence of a major naval operation, namely Yavuz and Midilli’s raid on Russian Black Sea ports in late October 1914. Vincente Minnelli's 'The Bad and the Beautiful' (1952), Billy Wilder's 'Ace in the Hole' (1951), Brian De Palma's 'The Fury' (1978), David Miller's 'Lonely Are the Brave' (1962), Richard Fleischer's '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' (1954) and Jacques Tourneur's 'Out of the Past' (1947) are some of the greatest movies ever made, and Douglas played a key role in every one.Turkish warships anchored at the Golden Horn in Istanbul Of course, Douglas starred in dozens of other outstanding non-military movies. Still, the movie remains the greatest tribute to one of WWII's most undertold stories. Since this story was based on real-life events, the actual tale is a bit more complicated than the heist movie plot might suggest. The Vemork Norsk Hydro plant was manufacturing the heavy water that Germany needed to complete its development of the atomic bomb.ĭouglas plays a Norwegian physics professor who's dragged into the fight against the Nazis and becomes a leader of the crew determined to blow up the plant. 'The Heroes of Telemark' (1965) is director Anthony Mann's WWII drama about the Norwegian resistance to Nazi occupation.

There's no happy ending in a 'Town Without Pity,' but Gene Pitney's recording of the Oscar-nominated title song was a huge hit. Bowren in 'The Dirty Dozen') and Mal Sondock (a guy with a short career that you've never heard of).ĭouglas tries to get the men a long term of hard labor instead of the death penalty and is forced to attack the victim even as he knows what he's doing is morally despicable - but also required in his job as a defense attorney. Steve Garrett, assigned to defend the four troops played by Frank Sutton (Gunny Vince Carter from 'Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.' in a terrifying role), Robert Blake (the 'Baretta' guy who was later tried for allegedly killing his wife), Richard Jaeckel (Sgt. The incident is terrifying on its face but almost equally disturbing is how the movie presents it as something that just happens during a military occupation.ĭouglas plays Maj. In the days after WWII, four American servicemen rape a local German girl. 'Town Without Pity' (1961) is a particularly bleak story of the military justice system.

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