Mission accomplished
Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 05/31/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"MISSION VICTORY 10 MOVIE PACK is discontinued from the MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT catalog. Half of these (#1, 2, 6, 7 and 8) are not currently available on their other DVD box sets. If combat-related films are of interest to you, be sure to check out their War Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection.
The following alphabetized program list provides viewer poll ratings for each film (based on a 1 t0 10 scale), plus original theatrical titles (where indicated, country of origin (if other than USA), years of release and principal actors.
(5.9) Aerial Gunner (1943) - Chester Morris/Richard Arlen/Jimmy Lydon
(4.0) Battle of Blood Island (1960) - Richard Devon/Ron Kennedy
(6.3) The Big Lift (1950) - Montgomery Clift/Paul Douglas
(5.3) Black Brigade ("Carter's Army") (TV-1970) - Stephen Boyd/Roosevelt Grier/Richard Pryor (in support)
(6.3) Blood On The Sun (1945) - James Cagney/Silvia Sidney
(5.1) Commandos (Italy/W Ger-1968) - Lee Van Cleef/Jack Kelly/Helmut Schmid
(5.5) Convoy (UK-1940) - Clive Brook/John Clements
(5.6) The Dawn Express (1942) - Michael Whalen/Ann Nagel/William Bakewell
(7.4) Four In a Jeep (1951) - Ralph Meeker/Viveca Lindfors
(5.7) Private Buckaroo (1942) - Andrews Sisters/Joe E. Lewis/Shemp Howard/Harry James"