约翰·艾加尔1949

布里特·勒斯上尉是一个骑兵团的成员，他是一场印第安人屠杀事件中生还的几个幸存者之一。1878年印第安人发动了新的骚乱，正要退休的布里特·勒斯再一次带领他的骑兵部队出征。但这一次是为了阻止一场新的屠杀，他深夜潜入印第安人营地，偷走了他们的马匹，便无须动用一兵一卒就制服了他们。

改编自劳勃潘华伦的普立兹奖小说《国王的手下》，曾荣获第二十二届奥斯卡金像奖最佳影片，男主角布罗德里克．克劳福德及女星马塞蒂斯．麦坎布里奇分获奥斯卡影帝及女配角奖。剧情描述充满正义感的新闻记者杰克波顿去采访肯诺马郡竞选郡出纳局长的威利史塔克，史塔克是一个力求上进，充满爱心的人，但是他失败了。后来他又经过两次参选当上了州长。然而当上州长的史塔克开始滥权舞弊，引发议会对他的弹劾，无法无天的史塔克却发动群众示威，并获得胜利。民主、自由、法律已无法制服的情况下，被他陷害的对手的儿子以暴制暴，在议会外开枪结束了他的生命。本片是奥斯卡历史上第一部夺得大奖的政治电影。大胆剖析美国政客政治形式，更毫不客气的指出群众盲目拥护是造成政客滥权舞弊的主要原因。

This is not a large scale multi-million dollar epic of World War Two. No thousands of extras, no wide panoramic sweep of battle scenes. This says more about The Battle of the Bulge than the movie of the same name. It's just an ordinary black and white M.G.M. production. What it lacks in size and scope it makes up for in impact.A simple story very well told, of a squad of GI's of the 101st Airborne Division, thrown into the maelstrom that was the German offensive in the Ardennes in December of 1944 against the Allied ground forces. It's hard to believe that this film was not shot on location; but on a Metro sound stage. And Metro's Culver City was turned into the only outdoor location for the snow-covered, rubble-strewn town of Bastogne under siege, which was tenaciously held by the 101st, under the command of Brig. General Anthony McAuliffe. With the exception of Van Johnson as Pvt. Holly who was high profile on the Metro lot in his time, and George Murphy as Pvt. Stazak, the rest of the cast were character-type actors who filled their roles perfectly. James Whitmore as Sgt. Kinnie is drilling the squad in the opening scenes. The squad members talk of an enjoyable furlough in Paris which is suddenly cut short by the German breakthrough in the Ardenne. Ptv. Stazak hopes of going home are dashed because his authorised documents have not come through before the squad moves up front. Douglas Fowley as Pvt. Kippton seems to be the best in the squad at bellyaching.Maybe it's his dentures that make him a sourpuss. But Fowley's dentures turn into a class act; clicking away to the old song, "I Surrender Dear," through the courtesy of a German propaganda broadcast heard over the radio in a Sherman tank. Denise Darcel comes as a welcome relief of feminine pleasure; not out of place in the town of Bastogne itself. In an indoor scene, Pvt. Holly's eyeballs go into left-to-right overdrive as he stares at Denise's buxom rear end descending a flight of stairs. Then there's Holly again, nursing stolen newly-laid eggs, as valuable as gold nuggets. He's about to scramble them over a fire when the squad is told to saddle up and move out. Not for the first time does Johnson (Pvt. Holly) yell, "oh no!" A expression he's used in past movies also. The broken eggs in his upturned helmet are now a problem. In the end it's disaster. The German artillery scramble the eggs for Holly. Problem solved! On a three man patrol, Holly, Hodiak as Janness, Montalban as Rodriguez, intercept and force a jeep carrying a Major and two sergeants to stop and identify themselves. The knowledge that Germans are infiltrating in GI uniforms has made the patrol suspicious so the Major is asked how the Dodgers made out in 1944. The Major hesitates,but the Sergeant in the rear seat asks Holly who Betty Grable is married to. Montalban shouts back, "Cesar Romero". The Major says Romero is out. "Betty Grable is married to Harry James". The tense atmosphere relaxes. The patrol is convinced they're friendly. What is displayed authentically on this studio sound stage is the icy, bone-chilling atmosphere of the battlefield. The men hunkered down; the deeper the better, in their foxholes. Throughout nearly all this movie there is the constant rise and fall in the background of continuous artillery fire, like a rolling thunder. It never seems to cease. Sometimes it's close, sometimes distant. That, along with the freezing fog hanging like a thick whitish-grey blanket in the air, enveloping everything, gives off an atmosphere of crisis; a feeling of fearful tension. The men endeavour to dispel the fear with humour. Waiting and wondering when the enemy will appear ghost-like out of the mist-shrouded forest. Near the end of the movie, Leon Ames gives a good performance as a Army Chaplain. Trying to explain the reason for this necessary trip to Europe, to kill off a murderous political system that has already killed off millions. Before the end, the tables turn in the Allies favour. Sergeant Kinnie notices his shadow against the snow. The sun is breaking through and the mist rises. Allied tactical air power is back in business again with a vengeance. Veteran director William Wellman was not found wanting when he directed this movie. He had already proved himself with, "The Story of GI Joe", in 1945. Antiwar film? Any war film well made and convincing can be antiwar, and you do not need blood all over the silver screen to prove it. Antiwar or not, World War Two was a "popular" war. The reasons stuck out a mile. The Army Chaplain said so in so many words. The Ardennes offensive caught the Allies unawares. By late 1944, battered the German forces may have been. But they still had a few nasty shots in their locker to scare the living daylights out of the Allied Command. We thought the Germans had run out of fighting steam, but old Field Marshal Gerd Von Rundstedt thought different.

故事发生在第二次世界大战时期，纳粹德国的空袭使美军第八空袭部队损失惨重。漫长的持久战，让美军的士气和斗志都消失殆尽，濒临绝境。然而吃紧的战况却不容得他们半点松懈和喘息。在此危机而关键的时刻，总部派来了新指挥官弗兰克·萨维奇（格利高里·派克 Gregory Peck 饰）接管这批队伍。面对德军的猛烈攻击和部队的严重损失，弗兰克意志坚定临危不惧，以铁一般的纪律和身先士卒的态度，带领部队一路拼杀，与德军殊死搏斗。弗兰克超绝非凡的气度和顽强到底的抵抗精神，深深地感染了部队里的每一位成员，队伍得以重振旗鼓，取得了重大胜利。 　　本片荣获1950年第22届奥斯卡金像奖最佳男配角和最佳音响效果两项大奖，并获得最佳影片、最佳男主角两项提名。

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