The best Whit Bissell’s war movies

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

25/10/1909- 05/03/1996
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The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny
7.7/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 23/06/1954
  • Character: Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.

Never So Few

Never So Few
5.8/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 07/12/1959
  • Character: Capt. Alofson - Psychiatrist
A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

Destination Tokyo

Destination Tokyo
7.1/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 31/12/1943
  • Character: Yo Yo (uncredited)
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.

Sealed Cargo

Sealed Cargo
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 19/05/1951
  • Character: Schuster
A Newfoundland fishingboat comes to the aid of a wrecked Danish sailing ship and tows it to a small village, but eventually the captain of the fishingboat realises that it's a U-boat supply ship in disguise, loaded with torpedoes. So, together with his crew and a group of villagers he sets about a plan to blow the ship as well as any U-boats that approach it. Based on the novel "The Gaunt Woman" by Edmund Gilligan.

Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear
5.9/10
Slapstick rules in this 1964 Civil War comedy about miltary misfits and their incompetent commanders. Directed by George Marshall, and starring Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Jim Backus, Andrew Prine, Alan Hale Jr., Jesse Pearson, Michael Pate, James Griffith, Preston Foster, Yvonne Craig and the ever ubiquitous Whit Bissell.

Last Of The Mohicans

Last Of The Mohicans
6.2/10
During the French and Indian War in colonial America, a white scout, with two of his Indian brothers, helps a British officer escort two women through dangerous territory, with both French troops and hostile Indians after them.

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