The best John Ridgely’s war movies

John Ridgely

John Ridgely

06/09/1909- 18/01/1968
Today we present the best John Ridgely’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 Ridgely’s movies.
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They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On
7.2/10
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

Destination Tokyo

Destination Tokyo
7.1/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 31/12/1943
  • Character: Reserve Officer Raymond
During World War II, Captain Cassidy and his crew of submariners are ordered into Tokyo Bay on a secret mission. They are to gather information in advance of the planned bombing of Tokyo. Along the way, the crew learn about each other as they face the enemy and some of them lose their lives.

Air Force

Air Force
7/10
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

Northern Pursuit

Northern Pursuit
6.6/10
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the Mounties employ a ruse so that the spies, believing Steve to be sympathetic, enlist him in their plans.

Pride of the Marines

Pride of the Marines
7.3/10
Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.

The Fighting 69th

The Fighting 69th
6.6/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 27/01/1940
  • Character: Moran (uncredited)
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.

Night Wind

Night Wind
A boy tries to protect his dog, a German shepherd that served with U.S. Army forces after it begins attacking strangers several years after the war.

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 06/05/1939
  • Character: Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

Dangerously They Live

Dangerously They Live
6.4/10
A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.

Task Force

Task Force
6.6/10
After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power. But military and political "red tape" continually frustrate their efforts, prompting Scott to even consider leaving the Navy for a more lucrative civilian job. Then the world enters a second World War and Scott finally gets the opportunity to prove to Washington the valuable role aircraft carriers could play in winning the conflict. But what will it cost him and his comrades personally?

God Is My Co-Pilot

God Is My Co-Pilot
6.5/10
Robert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds himself flying transport planes over The Hump into China. In China, he persuades General Chennault to let him fly with the famed Flying Tigers, the heroic band of airmen who'd been fighting the Japanese long before Pearl Harbor. Scott gets his chance to fight, ultimately engaging in combat with the deadly Japanese pilot known as Tokyo Joe.

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