James Donald
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The Way Ahead
(1944)A British Lieutenant strictly prepares a group of drafted recruits during World War II in advance of an upcoming North African deployment for battle.

Lust for Life
(1956)Kirk Douglas gives a fierce portrayal of Van Gogh, an artist tornbetween the joyous inspiration of his genius and the dark desperation ofhis tormented mind.

The Great Escape
(1963)The award-winning, high-energy World War II epic about a maximum-security Nazi POW camp that three U.S. military prisoners attempt to break out of.

Third Man on the Mountain
(1959)A boy attempts the impossible - climbing the "Citadel."

Edward, My Son
(1949)Obsessed with the desire to give his only son the best of everything, a man destroys his whole world in this riveting drama starring Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr (in an Academy Award®-nominated performance*). When the boy is five, his father (Tracy) commits arson to pay for a vital operation. This fateful step launches a rocketlike career of business success. In the process he ruins his partner, destroys his wife's love for him and then her will to live, and finally faces jail himself for what turns out to have been an empty dream. Based on the play by Robert Morley and Noel Langley. *1949: Best Actress.

The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957)The Japanese force British prisoners to build a bridge.

King Rat
(1965)Set during World War II, this film follows an American corporal who operates a number of lucrative rackets within a POW camp's confines.

The Vikings
(1958)When a former slave discovers he is the son of a ruthless Viking leader, he competes with his brother for the throne in northern England.

Cast a Giant Shadow
(1966)After a brilliant career in the U.S. Army, a WWII hero is called to the new state of Israel to build an army capable of withstanding its Arab foes.