5 Movie Collection - War (The Bridge At Remagen / Cast A Gi...

THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN:
In 1945, the Allies are making their final advance into German territory, and only one strategic bridge on the Rhine River remains in Nazi hands. Both sides have much to gain: the Germans, the lives of 50,000 soldiers stationed on the wrong side of the bridge; and the Allies, a quicker end to the war with fewer lives lost. Though both armies would fight valiantly, only one could win the heart-rending battle.

CAST A GIANT SHADOW:
Part fact, part fiction, Cast A Giant Shadow powerfully dramatises Israels heroic 1947-48 struggle for independence. Both realistic war story and passionate romance, it features an all star cast including Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger and Angie Dickinson as well as Yul Brynner, John Wayne & Frank Sinatra in notable supporting roles. After a brilliant career with the US army, WWII hero and Jewish American Mickey Marcus (Douglas) is called to the new state of Israel to build an army capable of withstanding its Arab foes. Against the wishes of his wife (Dickinson), Mickey makes the journey and begins transforming a ragtag underground army into a first-class fighting machine. But, as the threat of war looms, Mickey must also confront his growing attraction to beautiful activist Magda Simon (Berger).

MOSQUITO SQUADRON:
As allied forces struggle against the awesome might of the German Luftwaffe, an even greater threat is posed by the destructive V3 rocket nearing completion at a secret testing center. The Royal Air Force's Mosquito Squadron gears up to destroy the site, but its leader, Quint Monroe, becomes conflicted when he discovers that the air strike may kill hundreds of British POW's - including the squad's former commander.

ATTACK:
When Lieutenant Joe Costa leans that his men died because the commander, Captain Cooney, was too much of a coward to join the fight, Costa issues a serious warning: Don't let it happen again! But Cooney's cowardice forces Costa into a fateful choice: continue to risk the lives of his men... or take the life of the captain.

RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP:
Two great Hollywood stars clash in this intense and exciting World War II drama, as embittered submarine Commander Clark Gable seeks revenge on the Japanese cruiser that once sunk him off Tokyo Bay, while Executive Officer Burt Lancaster risks death and mutiny to keep the sub on its assigned course. As the action grows more frenetic and the Captain's mind more disturbed, there can be only one outcome...