The best John Ireland’s war movies

John Ireland

John Ireland

31/01/1914- 21/03/1992
Today we present the best John Ireland’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 John Ireland’s movies.

Spartacus

Spartacus
7.9/10
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

Salon Kitty

Salon Kitty
5.4/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 02/03/1976
  • Character: Cliff
Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army official who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself. A girl named Margherita discovers the little ploy and with Kitty's help plans to take on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire
6.7/10
Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 22/12/1948
  • Character: Jean de la Boussac (St. Sevére), Captain
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen years old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army and conquers Orleans.

A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun
6.9/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 25/12/1945
  • Character: Pfc. Windy Craven
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount. Unusually realistic picture of war as long quiet stretches of talk, punctuated by sharp, random bursts of violent action whose relevance to the big picture is often unknown to the soldiers.

Dirty Heroes

Dirty Heroes
5.1/10
  • Genre: ActionWar
  • Release: 21/09/1967
  • Character: Captain O’Connor
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 War Devils

The War Devils
5.1/10
A German Captain and an American Captain help each other survive the North African desert during WWII. They meet again a year later during combat operations in France.

Hell's Horizon

Hell's Horizon
5.2/10
The pilot, co-pilot, and crew of a bomber try to hit a Korean bridge in bad weather.

This Is Korea!

This Is Korea!
6.3/10
John Ford's documentary about the early battles of the Korean War, shot in color.

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