The best Leo McKern’s war movies

Leo McKern

Leo McKern

16/03/1920- 23/07/2002
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Leo McKern’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Leo McKern.

Massacre in Rome

Massacre in Rome
6.5/10
In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under the orders of SS-Lieutenant Colonel Kappler.

Yesterday's Enemy

Yesterday's Enemy
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 10/09/1959
  • Character: Max
Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy. The film examines the moral dilemmas ordinary men face during war, when the definitions of acceptable military action and insupportable brutality become blurred and distorted

King and Country

King and Country
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 05/09/1964
  • Character: Capt. O'Sullivan
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.

A Foreign Field

A Foreign Field
7.8/10
Amos and Cyril are a pair of British veterans from WWII, going back to Normandy 50 years after D-Day to visit an old buddy's grave. There, they run into Waldo, an American WWII vet. And both Waldo and Cyril run into a French woman they were both enamored of in their soldiering days and begin squabbling over her. Waldo's son and daughter-in-law are putting up with him and each other. And the entire group meet up with a woman who has come to visit the grave of her brother. Together, they form an odd camaraderie, bound by the past as they share their memories.

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