The best Ferdy Mayne’s war movies

Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne

11/03/1916- 30/01/1998
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Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare
7.6/10
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.

Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon
8.1/10
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.

Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow
6.6/10
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.

Von Richthofen and Brown

Von Richthofen and Brown
6/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 30/06/1971
  • Character: Richthofen's father
Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.

The Password Is Courage

The Password Is Courage
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaWar
  • Release: 01/06/1962
  • Character: 1st German Officer at French Farm
Based on a true story, this film follows Sergeant-Major Charles Coward (Dirk Bogarde), a brave British soldier captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he immediately plans his escape. Masquerading as a wounded German soldier, he makes it as far as the medical tent, where the deceived enemy forces award him the Iron Cross. Though he is ultimately discovered, he goes on to courageously pursue his freedom with a whimsical and undying audacity.

A Man Called Intrepid

A Man Called Intrepid
6.8/10
During World War II, a wealthy Canadian uses his own money to help the Allies form an espionage network.

Warn That Man

Warn That Man
5.7/10
At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a plan whereby they will kidnap the real Lord Buckley, and send to England an actor who will masquerade, lie in wait for the visitor with a number of gunmen, and take him back to Germany.

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