Royal Navy - At War And Peace 1967-1972 DVD

Advantages: Some good action moments
Disadvantages: boring

...The beginning of this film was the most boring I have had to sit through in a while! Things improve somewhat towards the middle half of the film as the war-action scenes take off. As Matthew McConaughey overpowers the crew of the crippled German submarine. The American's sub is destroyed, killing the captain and leaving the remaining Navy men to navigate the German's badly damaged submarine through unfriendly waters. This, then allows Matthew McConaughey the opportunity to prove to all that he is "captain" material as he delegates responsibility and risks the lives of his crew members turning from a friend of all the crew to a great leader willing to make the sacrifices necessary to succeed in his mission. Then as we all start to think "Didn't the British have something to do with rescuing the encoder?" They role a list of what... Read review

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Advantages: Donald Pleasence at his best.
Disadvantages: It's alternative American title; 'Raw Meat' is abysmal

...of Michael Rimmer (1970), Young Winston (1972), Hitler; The Last Ten Days (1973) and Gandhi (1982). He also turns up in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) which of course starred Christopher Lee as the eponymous villain Scaramanga. Comedy appearances included roles in; How I Won the War (1967) alongside Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Michael Hordern & Ronald Lacey. He would go on to appear with Michael Crawford again, in an episode of the 70’s BBC sitcom Some Mother’s Do Ave Em. Can also be seen in A Dandy In Apsic (1968) which also featured Peter Cook. His other horror film appearances include The Deadly Bees (1967) for Amicus and Hammer’s The Anniversary (1968), The Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971) & Fear In The Night (1972) Also; Possession (1973) and Sphinx (1981). CLIVE SWIFT - INSPECTOR RICHARDSON... Read review

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...Released in 1956, this film tells the true story of the battle which was the Royal Navy's first victory of World War II. In December 1939 three cruisers, Exeter, Ajax and Achilles, under the command of Commodore Henry Harwood, were sent to intercept the German pocket battleship Graf Spee which had been sinking Allied merchant shipping in the South Atlantic. After a fierce gunfight off the coast of Uruguay, the Graf Spee retired to the nearby port of Montevideo for repairs. As Uruguay was officially a neutral country much diplomatic manouvering took place, first to hold the Graf Spee in harbour, then Allied propaganda broadcast that a powerful force was waiting for her should she come out to fight (in fact there were no other Royal Navy ships avaliable). Fooled by the British messages, Graf Spee sailed out along... Read review

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