Walk in Sun (1945)

So much promise, but a big dud.

A laughable attempt to make put realism in a war movie. The soldiers dumbly keep flocking together in middle of enemy terrority , sheepishly walk out in the open while under fire , ask dumb questions , make half dumb attempts at witt , act serious and dumb at the same time , are amazed with each other over dumb things. The only ones dumber are the germans who must of had ear plugs to avoid listening to the dumb music score and that trick let the american soldiers talk loudly as they pleased. The only ones dumber then actors must be the director and producers of this dumb movie. June 26, 2008

One Day in the War

This film is adapted from the book by Harry Brown about the experiences of infantrymen. The US Armed Forces provided support for this film. Soldiers are on a landing barge preparing to invade Italy in 1943. The lieutenant looked over the top when a shell burst and wounded him. The sergeant is now in command. The conversations tell about each soldier. They are being sent 6 miles inland to capture a farmhouse. The men grumble and complain when waiting. The sun comes up and they are still waiting. They move into the trees to hide from enemy airplanes. The smoke and explosions signify the action in the background. An airplane strafes the woods and hits some of the men. The men chatter about things to avoid discussing their condition.

Sergeant Porter has a problem and can't go on. An enemy armored car comes down the road. They will use grenades to attack it when it returns. The bazookas are used for tanks. The grenades break the tread of the armored car and disable it. They continue walking towards that farmhouse. They assemble behind the stone wall. The machine gun in the farmhouse fires a burst. "Windy" says they should circle around by the wall and blow-up the bridge and ignore the farmhouse [the indirect approach]. They synchronize their attack on the farmhouse. The charge against the machine guns and take the farmhouse. "It was so easy."

This bowdlerized version may be as realistic as Hollywood could be for a war movie. Very little happens until there is much action. ["A walk in the sun" was a phrase for an easy job.] The film follows the book, except the plane that strafes the woods looks like a P-51, not the ME-110 May 11, 2008

Oustanding

This is the first video I purchased, back when tapes first became available. I remembered the movie from the theater presentation. Truly an outstanding flick.
The medic was the voice for the recording ""Peter and the Wolf" among and cartoon features.
February 14, 2008

A Classic That Deserves Better

I bought the video hoping to see a classic, which I did. The story was wonderful, both poignant and realistic. I loved every moment, but this film deserves better than the copies I have viewed. Not one of them does it justice. Grainyness, skipping, uncoordination of sound and video make viewing difficult. Come on AFI and the big studios, you could really make this film a gem. Time to step up and restore it to its former glory. July 16, 2007

Dear Francis........this is a classic

Sicily...WWII...GI's against the Germans.
Amazing. Over 60 years old and it still "holds up".
It's got a cast that endured for decades as some the finest character actors on the Silver Screen. But more than that its got a script with some delicious dialogue delivering a melodramatic glimpse of a rather insignificant platoon attacking an enemy occupied farmhouse.
Superb Continuity and Editing.
A B&W production that never cries for color.
See it...and then consider what you didn't see.
Brilliant.
July 7, 2007

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