The best John van Dreelen’s war movies

John van Dreelen

John van Dreelen

05/05/1922- 04/09/1992
We present our ranking of the best John van Dreelen’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 John van Dreelen.

Von Ryan's Express

Von Ryan's Express
7.1/10
Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

A Time to Love and a Time to Die
7.6/10
A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

The Enemy General

The Enemy General
5.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 18/10/1960
  • Character: General Bruger
OSS agent, working with the French underground, ambushes Nazi convoy with high-ranking general, who escapes. Later they take him from a Nazi prison and smuggle him to England.

Born to Fight

Born to Fight
5.5/10
The ever watchable Brent Huff headlines here as super tough Vietnam Veteran Sam Woods, a one man army ala Rambo, in this typically entertaining action flick from the one and only and very sadly missed, Bruno Mattei.

The Last Act

The Last Act
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 13/04/1955
  • Character: Major Brinkmann
lbin Skoda plays Hitler, who wanders in and out of delirium as his Third Reich crumbles. He is surrounded by reams of existential dialogue from his generals and associates, courtesy of screenwriter Erich Maria Remarque, who based his script on Judge Michael A. Musmanno's book Ten Days to Die. Oscar Werner costars as a fictional "good" Nazi officer who acts as the film's voice of reason.

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