Britains war in the far east during the second world war. The film was released widely on april 23, 1946 when rko radio pictures premiered the film in san francisco, where it became a boxoffice hit. Frontier short action film willthethrillproductions. Heres an alphabetical index with all the films currently available on the site. An agent tim holt goes undercover as an outlaw and almost gets lynched. Gsap fighter combat films dec 1943 jan 1944 world war. The eastern front of world war ii was a theatre of conflict between the european axis powers and cobelligerent finland against the soviet union ussr, poland and other allies, which encompassed central europe, eastern europe, northeast europe baltics, and southeast europe balkans from 22 june 1941 to 9 may 1945. The fictional superhero batman, who appears in american comic books published by dc comics, has appeared in various films since his inception. It includes rare training, combat, recruiting and history films made by the u. Every submarine movie needs a depth charge scene, and destination tokyo delivers with a climax where the crew suffers three hours of brutal hammering by depth charges, until they finally sink the destroyer. Fighting frontier is a pretty good film, but they should have left cliff edwards on the right side of the law. Dances with wolves, american western film 1990 that was directed by and. As a long time reader of scifi and speculative technical articles i can be paranoid enough to imagine, for example, an x. This is not your typical western drama it is a series that will transport you back in time to the days of the wild, unsettled west.
The exhibition opened in newcastle in october 1943 and moved to other cities including southampton, cardiff, london, hull and glasgow over the next year. Soldiers were encouraged to use any anything that comes to hand to. Its a richly textured work, with several subnarratives weaved into one another. Frontier badmen 1943 08051943 us western 1h m user score.
Buckle up for a wild ride across a fully3d world in your own custom vehicle. The best messenger at this point is general john hyten of the strategic command, who has repeatedly clarified the u. Ukulele ike cliff edwards performs on the outlaw trail. On july 23, 1943 parrisdunn associates received the coveted armynavy e production award. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide.
Thanks to george coes memoir, ably edited by by doyce b. At least fiftyfour vessels in world war ii were named for kansans, or for cities, counties and rivers of the state. Fighting bill carson 1945 prairie rustlers 1945 lightning raiders 1945. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your watchlist and rate your favorite movies and tv shows on your phone or tablet. A group of cowboys ending their cattle drive in abilene find that cattle prices are being kept artificially low, driving down the price theyll get for their beef. Columbia then reassigned burnette to its gene autry series, reuniting burnette with his former partner. John ford may have written the language of the movie western in. Air force 1943 war declared on japan scene 720p youtube. The character also appeared in the 1966 film batman, which was a feature film adaptation of the 1960s batman tv series. Subjects include the army, navy, coast guard, marines, air force, and. Cobb, who fears the coming railroad will bankrupt his business. Smiley burnette wrote more than 400 songs and sang a significant number of them on screen. Take this picture for example which came out in 1943. After profiling the various activities of the soldiers day and following the ships voyage through the panama canal, the film takes the audience through a litany of actual combat.
May 02, 2016 an exciting, touching, and funny movie, one of hawks best. Frontier fury is a 1943 american western directed by william berke. An exciting, touching, and funny movie, one of hawks best. Raiders of red gap robert livingston western movie full length. The eastern front of world war ii was a theatre of conflict between the european axis powers and cobelligerent finland against the soviet union ussr, poland and other allies, which encompassed central europe, eastern europe, northeast europe, and southeast europe from 22 june 1941 to 9 may 1945. Its an exemplary howard hawks male bonding picture, in which a group of rugged professionals molds itself into a fighting unit capable of extraordinary feats. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Fighting frontier 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. August 1942 through february 1943, more than two million troops fought in.
German soldiers in a night attack in the snow, eastern front, early 1944. The platoon movie developed during ww ii propagated a new myth of. Thursday on discovery, is the latest in the everexpanding list of reality tv shows. Its an excellent showcase for the hollywood technical wizardry that could create entire sea and air battles. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. Description from the national archives it is missing some pilot information though, which can be found at this films page at the internet archive where i f.
Read the full synopsis of fighting frontier, 1943, directed by lambert hillyer, with tim holt, cliff ukulele ike edwards, ann summers, at turner classic movies. Jim roberts organizes ranchers to fight back and resist a big company trying to run them. Ww1ww2 items, military, old antiques, fire dept stuff. Blazing frontier is a 1943 american western film directed by sam newfield. Sam newfield, born samuel neufeld, december 6, 1899 november 10, 1964, also known as sherman scott or peter stewart, was an american bmovie director, one of the most prolific in american film historyhe is credited with directing over 250 feature films in a career which began during the silent era and ended in 1958. Amongst the millions of german men serving on the eastern there were plenty of reflective, sensitive souls caught up in the maelstrom. Frontier badmen 1943 a texas cattle rancher robert paige and his sidekick noah beery jr.
Soldiers were encouraged to use any anything that comes to hand to defeat the enemy. A pilot film with mahoney and burnette was completed, but never released. The film was released on may 14, 1943, by united artists. In fact, the underwater photography is excellent, and was presumably done with models, since the navys ships were busy fighting the war. The most important is the voyage of the new b17, the. Jul 07, 20 description from the national archives it is missing some pilot information though, which can be found at this film s page at the internet archive where i f. Dec 29, 2016 this film shows that there are no rules of sportsmanship or fair play on the battlefield. The east african campaign also known as the abyssinian campaign was fought in east africa during the second world war by allies of world war ii, mainly from the british empire, against italy and its colony of italian east africa, between june 1940 and november 1941.
Germanys defeat in the battle marked a turning point of the war in favor of the allies. Fighting frontier 1943 an agent tim holt goes undercover as an outlaw and almost gets lynched. The film was released widely on april 23, 1946 when rko radio pictures premiered the film in san francisco, where it. Oct 04, 2017 prospector cimarron dobbs emmett lynn stumbles on a vast cache of spanish gold left in texas by santa annas army, and knows he will be swindled out of his discovery unless he gets help. Plus there may be other types of vehicles, maybe fighting vehicles, that a civilian like me hasnt thought of. The desert war 19391945 when benito mussolini declared war on the allies on 10th june 1940, he already had over a million men in the italian army based in libya. Africas fighting men served as part of a programme, along with machi gaba and progress in the colonies kenya, that played at. The real outlaw leader is one of the more respected citizens of the area and you have a nice array of potential suspects.
How often do you get to tag along with one of billy the kids gang as he goes from happy farmer to outlaw and back to a contented farmer. Tim holt and ann summers in fighting frontier 1943 cliff edwards and tim holt in fighting frontier 1943. One of the central mysteries of the war is how so many educated, civilised, cultured people could be bent to the will of hitler. Fighting men 1943 world war two gi training video wwii film. The civilian model was essentially the same as the military models but had different markings. Hes seen too much, done too much, to ever be accepted into polite society. Kit russell, appointed special investigator, has infiltrated a local robber gang ostensibly led by snap, but has found out that an unnamed local person is really the brains behind the outfit.
Frontier fighters was a syndicated series that ran sometime during the 1930s. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Made up of troops from the indian northwest frontier and the punjab, as well as gurkhas. In neighbouring egypt the british army had only 36,000 men guarding the suez canal and the arabian oil fields on th september, 1940, marshall rodolfo graziani and five italian divisions began a rapid advance into egypt but. Buckskin frontier is a 1943 american action film directed by lesley selander and written by norman houston and bernard schubert. Cobb, victor jory, lola lane, max baer and joe sawyer. The resulting controversy created enough interest to get the outlaw into theaters for just one week in 1943, and then it was pulled due to violations of the production code. Gsap fighter combat films dec 1943 jan 1944 world war ii. Richard dix stars as railroad troubleshooter stephen bent, assigned to supervise the. On october, 1943, the government of italy declares war on its former axis partner germany and joins the battle on the side of the allies. Beyond the last frontier 1943 texas rangers plant a spy eddie dew among outlaws, who plant a spy among texas rangers. Jun 27, 2017 frontier short action film willthethrillproductions.
In this western, a goodguy pretends to be a bad one so he can bring the outlaws to justice. It has been known as the great patriotic war russian. Its full of everything to make the viewer feel good about our boys who are doing the fighting. Sailors watch a film in the cinema aboard the autocarrier, a cross channel steamer adapted as a recreation ship at scapa flow, june 1943. Media in category 1943 in film the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total.
Retrace the steps of heroes who, despite the odds, fought and conquered the west. In addition to his staggering feature output, he also directed one and. Africas fighting men served as part of a programme, along with machi gaba and progress in the colonies kenya, that played at the exhibitions film theatre. Periscope film llcs archive is one of the largest military film collections in private hands. In reality tims an undercover agent looking to discover who london gets his orders from. After the completion of their military contracts they continue to produce 200,000 of a civilian model for drill corps, schools and rotc programs. Fighting frontier has tim holt as a young hell raiser who has joined an outlaw band ostensibly headed by tom london. The fighting lady, directed by william wyler, provides a portrait of life on a world war ii aircraft carrier, a vessel that is enormous, wonderful, and strange to us.
Ukulele ike cliff edwards performs on the outlaw trail in fighting frontier 1943. A german soldier on the eastern front reflects on life. Overview of fighting frontier, 1943, directed by lambert hillyer, with tim holt, cliff ukulele ike edwards, ann summers, at turner classic movies. The columbia pictures film is a charles starrett western about corrupt indian agents in the american west. Buckskin frontier 1943 railroad surveyor stephen bent richard dix tangles with freight company owner jeptha marr lee j. Originally slated for paramount release, buckskin frontier was ultimately distributed by united artists.
War movies 1943 every war movie coming out in 1943. Dunbar provides the sioux with firearms from the fort and helps them fight off the pawnee. The film concludes with the soviet counterattack, operation uranus, and the surrender of the german sixth army in february 1943. A group of cowboys ending their cattle drive in abilene find that cattle prices are being kept artificially low, driving down the price theyll get for their. Prospector cimarron dobbs emmett lynn stumbles on a vast cache of spanish gold left in texas by santa annas army, and knows he will be swindled out of his discovery unless he gets help. The film stars richard dix, jane wyatt, albert dekker, lee j.
The film is also known as blazing range american recut version cast. Fighting frontier 1943 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Golden nail used during a japanese ceremony to mark the completion of the burmathailand railway. This film shows that there are no rules of sportsmanship or fair play on the battlefield.