Battle Of The Bulge (1965)

Just when they thought the war was over, one of its greatest battles began. It's five months after D-Day and most American soldiers think the back of the German army is broken. "We'll be home for Christmas' they tell each other. But the Germans have other plans. In a desperate attempt to buy enough time to fill the skies with their invincible new jets, they launch and fast, furious offensive: the Battle of The Bulge. Screen legend Henry Fonda, a veteran of such memorable war files as Mister Roberts. The Longest Day and Midway Plays Lt. Col. Kiley, an ex-cop whose instincts lead him straight to the German plan and into conflict with his skeptical superious. Fonda is backed by experts at bringing the explosive action and gut-wrenching reality of war to the screen: director Ken Anakin (The Longest Day) and cinematographer Jack Hildyard (an Oscar winner for The Bridge on the River kwai). And the cast is a veritable juggernaut of action movie veterans:Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan. Dama Andrew, George Montgomery, Ty Hardin, Charles Bronson and Telly Savalas. The battle itself is stunning, a vast panorama of men and machines that shifts dramatically between Americans and Germans commanders and foot soldiers. And one man with one rifle and an entire Panzer division on the move. Battle of the Bulge is war in all its brutality. All its history. All its heroism