The best Eddie Byrne’s war movies

Eddie Byrne

Eddie Byrne

31/01/1911- 21/08/1981
Today we present the best Eddie Byrne’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Eddie Byrne’s movies.

Dunkirk

Dunkirk
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 20/03/1958
  • Character: Commander - Tough's Yard
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

Reach for the Sky

Reach for the Sky
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 05/07/1956
  • Character: Flight Sergeant Mills
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.

Albert R.N.

Albert R.N.
6.6/10
  • Genre: HistoryWar
  • Release: 23/11/1953
  • Character: Joe
The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in order to foil the German guards.

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

The Sea Shall Not Have Them
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 01/06/1954
  • Character: Petty Officer Porter
During autumn of 1944, an RAF Hudson carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and trying to keep up morale, the occupants of the aircraft's dinghy talk about their lives awaiting the rescue they hope will come. The film's title reflects the motto of the RAF's Air Sea Rescue Service, one of whose high speed launches battles against its own mechanical problems, enemy action, time and the weather to locate and rescue the downed crew and the vital secret papers they carry.

I See a Dark Stranger

I See a Dark Stranger
7/10
  • Genre: DramaThrillerWar
  • Release: 04/07/1946
  • Character: Irish Sailor Lookout (uncredited)
Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are devils. Her desire to join the IRA meets no encouragement, but a German spy finds her easy to recruit. We next find her working in a pub near a British military prison, using her sex appeal in the service of the enemy. But chance puts a really vital secret into her hands, leading to a chase involving Bridie, a British officer who's fallen for her, a German agent unknown to them both, and the police...paralleled by Bridie's own internal conflicts.

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