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Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/12/2010 5:51:38 AM   
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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/12/2010 7:43:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		I say upgrade...go for Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum or the all time great, John Wayne....I think they were involved in a few movies concerning at least the War in the West....At least if another Grigsby game comes out, concerning the West side of things, you would be ahead of the next curve. While you at it, throw in Charles Bronson too.

No offense, I just can't see Cary Grant storming the beaches of Normandy...

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/12/2010 8:14:46 AM   
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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/12/2010 8:52:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		I could handle throwing in James Garne...However, the best one for me is Clint Easwood in 'Where Eagles Dare',,,,Only consequence, he should have bumped off Richard Burton in the end, just for good measure. Even if Ole' Richard was a good guy.

Can't stand that guy in anything.

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/12/2010 11:03:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		James Coburn was starring in 'Steiner - Iron Cross'. Not really authentic though. To put Yanks into Landser boots is like taking Germans for Confederates.

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/12/2010 11:10:56 AM   
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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/12/2010 12:58:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		No contest: James Coburn is by far the best icon for the Eastern Front - unless you want a bad guy in which case you could go for Maximilian Schell.

And BTW, although you have a right not to like it, Cross of Iron is considered by most as one of the best war movies ever made (if not the best).

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/12/2010 1:24:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		Dunno, from today's perspective most of these old war movies were not very believable and some downright ridiculous. However, I enjoyed Saving Private Ryan for it's stunning D-Day scenes, and The Fall for authenticity.

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Opposition - absolutely! - 12/12/2010 1:36:08 PM   
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No contest: James Coburn is by far the best icon for the Eastern Front - unless you want a bad guy in which case you could go for Maximilian Schell.

And BTW, although you have a right not to like it, Cross of Iron is considered by most as one of the best war movies ever made (if not the best).
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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/12/2010 1:38:36 PM   
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To put Yanks into Landser boots is like taking Germans for Confederates.


There is a lot of truth in that statement.

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/12/2010 2:12:55 PM   
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I'm at a loss, I thought my love of WitP would never be surpassed but I think it has been!

What the hell am going to do with my avatar and sig, keep them up for old time sake or what?!? I'm torn between keeping them and getting new ones...sob..sob



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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/13/2010 1:51:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		John Gavin starred in a little seen movie titled A Time to Love and a Time to Die. He was a German soldier in the EF who got leave, wnt home for his romantic interlude, and then got killed when he returned to the front. I last saw it maybe 30 years ago and thought it was a pretty good movie. Maybe you can find a pic or two on IMDB.com.

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/13/2010 3:39:09 PM   
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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/13/2010 6:55:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Check out Gregory Peck,I believe he starred as a soviet partisan leader in some vintage black and white movie in the 40's. The movie plot had a submerged bridge in it as well they needed to locate. I only saw the movie once but the plot stuck with me for about 35 yrs. Now I will probably go and research this,who knows i might use it as an avatar.

AHA! It was "Days of Glory" a 1944 film. His co-star was Tamara Toumanova.

Well only available in VHS......not to be confused with the fairly recent movie also titled: Days of Glory about the French Algerian forces in WWII.

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/13/2010 7:32:19 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Lützow

James Coburn was starring in 'Steiner - Iron Cross'. Not really authentic though. To put Yanks into Landser boots is like taking Germans for Confederates.


Of course I am not German, but I always thought Coburn´s job in that movie was amazing. Given that you are [apparently] German you must know what you are talking about

As for the thread title, er, I really cannot imagine Cary Grant in the Eastern Front. Well, stalking Russian nurses 600 km behind the front perhaps

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/13/2010 7:55:37 PM   
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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/13/2010 8:19:07 PM   
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Or Telly Savalas from "Kelly's Heroes"


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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/13/2010 10:28:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've decided to go with Robert Shaw, Col. Martin Hessler in "Battle of the Bulge", nothing like a good panzer commander to keep the front moving along 

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/13/2010 10:35:31 PM   
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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/13/2010 10:37:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, Shaw is a better choice than Coburn.

I like the Panzerlied scene from that Bulge movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ2YaThEms0

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/13/2010 10:37:49 PM   
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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/13/2010 10:44:57 PM   
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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/14/2010 12:27:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		Alright,alright already let me get my dinosaur brain around this now. You go from Cary Grant in "Father Goose",not "Destination Tokyo" but something obscure and certainly off the character norm for Cary Grant. You end up with the poster child of German bad guys Mr. roll the fuel drums under my tank Robert Shaw. Not a bad choice at all and a rather interesting character.

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/14/2010 12:50:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		How about Duval as Colonel Radl from "The Eagle Has Landed"?  His character was wounded on the Russian front.



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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/14/2010 1:38:00 AM   
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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/14/2010 1:39:36 AM   
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I could spend all day on youtube.


Naa, I could and do spend all day on WitE now...LOL God I love this game

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/14/2010 1:41:23 AM   
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How about Duval as Colonel Radl from "The Eagle Has Landed"?  His character was wounded on the Russian front.





I just wasn't convinced in his performance as a German officer, Shaw IMO did a great job. I thought about Clint Eastwood in his German uniform but it had no relation to the east front.

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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/14/2010 3:10:03 AM   
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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/14/2010 4:52:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		I couldn't remember what movie Robert Shaw starred in, but seeing one of the posts above, reminded me.

Yeah, Robert Shaw definitely hit the mark as a obsessed axis tank commander. When I am playing this game, I can see Shaw's character leading the charge, even if it was to his own detriment and destruction in the long run.

Great movie Battle of the Bulge.


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RE: Did Cary Grant do any WitE movies??? - 12/14/2010 8:51:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		How about Ed Harris in " Enemy at the Gates "? Its even a East Front movie.






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