The best Rock Hudson’s war movies

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

17/11/1925- 02/10/1985
Today we present the best Rock Hudson’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 Rock Hudson’s movies.

Tobruk

Tobruk
6.4/10
In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.

Battle Hymn

Battle Hymn
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 14/02/1957
  • Character: Col. Dean E. Hess
Battle Hymn was inspired by the true story of American minister Dean Hess, played here with rare sensitivity by Rock Hudson. A bomber pilot during World War II, Hess inadvertently releases a bomb which destroys a German orphanage. Tortured by guilt, Hess relocates in Korea after the war to offer his services as a missionary. Combining the best elements of Christianity and Eastern spiritualism, Hess establishes a large home for orphans. The preacher's efforts are threatened when the Korean "police action" breaks out in 1950.

Bright Victory

Bright Victory
7.3/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 31/07/1951
  • Character: Dudek
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life. Director Mark Robson's 1951 drama stars Arthur Kennedy (Academy Award nomination, Best Actor, for his performance), Peggy Dow, James Edwards, Will Geer, Nana Bryant, Julie Adams, Jim Backus, Richard Egan and Murray Hamilton.

A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms
5.8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 14/12/1957
  • Character: Lieutenant Frédéric Henry
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.

Horizons West

Horizons West
6.4/10
Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he is rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, who is now the Marshal, but there is eventually a falling out between the brothers, good triumphing over evil.

Fighter Squadron

Fighter Squadron
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionWar
  • Release: 27/11/1948
  • Character: 2nd Lt
During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.

Bengal Brigade

Bengal Brigade
5.6/10
Year 1856, British India. Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne is severely punished after disobeying an order. Feeling unworthy of his fiancée Vivian Morrow, the daughter of his superior officer, Claybourne leaves the army until he could regain his reputation. When the Rajah Karam launches an attack on the British forces in India, Claybourne finds a chance at redemption.

Something of Value

Something of Value
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 08/05/1957
  • Character: Peter McKenzie
As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.

Hornets' Nest

Hornets' Nest
5.7/10
An American commando who's the sole survivor of a parachute jump into WWII-era Italy leads a group of children in a campaign of sabotage against the Nazis.

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