The best Anthony Dawson’s war movies

Anthony Dawson

Anthony Dawson

18/10/1916- 08/01/1992
We present our ranking of the best Anthony Dawson’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Anthony Dawson.

Triple Cross

Triple Cross
6.3/10
A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.

The Battle of Neretva

The Battle of Neretva
7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 07/10/1969
  • Character: General Morelli
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.

Massacre in Rome

Massacre in Rome
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 24/10/1973
  • Character: SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Harster
In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under the orders of SS-Lieutenant Colonel Kappler.

The Wooden Horse

The Wooden Horse
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 16/10/1950
  • Character: Pomfret
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany

Dirty Heroes

Dirty Heroes
5/10
  • Genre: ActionWar
  • Release: 21/09/1967
  • Character: American Colonel
Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans

The Way to the Stars

The Way to the Stars
7.3/10
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.

School for Secrets

School for Secrets
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 23/12/1946
  • Character: Flt. Lt. Norton
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.

Operation Snafu

Operation Snafu
5.7/10
In WWII, a commando was sent in a secret mission in Sicily. They had a reluctant Italian prisoner of war to help them.

They Were Not Divided

They Were Not Divided
6/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 24/04/1950
  • Character: Michael
The film begins in a WW II training depot of a British Guards armoured regiment where recruits from many walks of life learn to survive the strict discipline and training together before going into battle in tanks. There is a cameo appearance by the real Sgt. Major Brittain who was famous in the British guards regiments.

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