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There are a number of obscure World War II movies from the 1960s and early '70s I'd love to see released but I don't think the market is there:
The Birdmen (David Rose)
The Reluctant Heroes (Frank DeVol)
Hell Boats (Frank Cordell)
Mosquito Squadron (Frank Cordell)
The Last Escape (Dominic Frontiers)
The McKenzie Break (Riz Ortolani)
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Yes, I realize that two of them are TV movies. The others are all low budget movies made in England by the Mirisch Co. as part of the same wave as the submarine one with James Caan and the one with Cliff Robertson that were both composed by Goodwin. The other one I forgot, also part of the arrangement, is 1000 Plane Raid.
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May 16, 2017 - 5:45 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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Oakmont Productions, between 1968 and 1970, produced its only films--six World War II films that were released in the U.S. through United Artists. If late 1960s UA war films such as “The Devil’s Brigade,” “Play Dirty,” “The Bridge at Remagen” and “Battle of Britain” can be thought of as their “A” war films, the Oakmont films (“Attack on the Iron Coast,” “The 1000 Plane Raid,” “Submarine X-1,” “Hell Boats,” “Mosquito Squadron,” and “The Last Escape”) were the “B’ war pictures.
As one might expect, there is some overlap in production personnel on the films. John C. Champion produced or wrote three of them. Mirisch Films was involved in two of the productions. Boris Sagal and Paul Wendkos each directed two films. Frank Cordell scored two of them.
Five of the films are available on Region 1 DVD. The final film ("The Last Escape") is the hardest to track down, appearing only on a Japanese DVD. Two of the films have had their scores released by FSM: “Submarine X-1” (Frank Cordell) and “Mosquito Squadron” (Ron Goodwin). No doubt, as war films go, these films were relatively inexpensive to produce. I wonder if they were profitable.
Here are the Oakmont Productions:
Attack on the Iron Coast
U.S. release: March 1968
Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Andrew Keir, Sue Lloyd
Director: Paul Wendkos
Composer: Gerard Schurmann (3 tracks, 8:13, released on Cloud Nine Records CNS 5005)
DVD: Yes
The 1000 Plane Raid
U.S. release: June 1969
Stars: Christopher George; Laraine Stephens, J.D. Cannon
Director: Boris Sagal
Composer: Jimmie Haskell (no score release)
DVD: Yes (MGM MOD release)
Submarine X-1
U.S. release: July 1969
Stars: James Caan, Rupert Davies, David Sumner
Director: William Graham
Composer: Ron Goodwin (score released by FSM, 51:04)
DVD: Yes
Hell Boats
U.S. release: February 1970
Stars: James Franciscus, Elizabeth Shepard, Ronald Allen
Director: Paul Wendkos
Composer: Frank Cordell (no score release)
DVD: Yes (MGM MOD release)
Mosquito Squadron
U.S. release: May 1970
Stars: David McCallum, Suzanne Neve, David Buck
Director: Boris Sagal
Composer: Frank Cordell (score released by FSM, 32:34)
DVD: Yes
The Last Escape
U.S. release: May 1970
Stars: Stuart Whitman, John Colvin, Martin Jarvis
Director: Walter Grauman
Composer: [no credited composer]
DVD: Japan only
NOTE: This film is the least well known of the six. Produced in 1968, it was the last one released, and was originally released as a double bill with the “Mosquito Squadron."
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May 16, 2017 - 7:10 PM
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riotengine
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Attack on the Iron Coast
U.S. release: March 1968
Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Andrew Keir, Sue Lloyd
Director: Paul Wendkos
Composer: Gerard Schurmann (3 tracks, 8:13, released on Cloud Nine Records CNS 5005)
DVD: Yes
The Last Escape
U.S. release: May 1970
Stars: Stuart Whitman, John Colvin, Martin Jarvis
Director: Walter Grauman
Composer: [no credited composer]
DVD: Japan only
NOTE: This film is the least well known of the six. Produced in 1968, it was the last one released, and was originally released as a double bill with the “Mosquito Squadron."
Attack On The Iron Coast was reissued on DVD in this set, War Film Triple Feature. Head-scratchingly in non-anamorphic widescreen. The original MGM DVD was also non-anamorphic.
https://www.shoutfactory.com/film/action-adventure/war-films-triple-feature
The Last Escape was also released on R2 PAL DVD.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Escape-Martin-Jarvis-1970/dp/B002V3RFNE
Greg Espinoza
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As mentioned above, 'Mosquito Squadron' and 'Submarine X-1' were both released fully and well by this here FSM! Acknowledge?
'Attack on the Iron Coast' by Schurmann was adapted into a short suite coupled with 'The Two-Headed Spy', of which there have been a few re-recordings.
Never mind 'obscure'; what about Ortolani's 'Anzio' still floundering on the beach?
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As mentioned above, 'Mosquito Squadron' and 'Submarine X-1' were both released fully and well by this here FSM! Acknowledge?
'Attack on the Iron Coast' by Schurmann was adapted into a short suite coupled with 'The Two-Headed Spy', of which there have been a few re-recordings.
Never mind 'obscure'; what about Ortolani's 'Anzio' still floundering on the beach?
Acknowledged.
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Anzio defo deserves a release but that needs to be first in a War blockbusters still unreleased !!
My addition to this lesser known thread would be Cornel Wilde's Beach Red which doesnt have tonnes of music but has a great march and a decent song.
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