{"id":80710,"date":"2022-01-28T12:48:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T19:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=80710"},"modified":"2022-01-28T12:48:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T19:48:59","slug":"battle-cry-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=80710","title":{"rendered":"Battle Cry (1955)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;What do we owe this lousy war? What do we owe the Marines?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Poster-208x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-80712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Poster-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Poster-711x1024.png 711w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Poster-89x128.png 89w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Poster-768x1107.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Poster-187x270.png 187w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Poster.png 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring World War II, a Marine Sergeant (James Whitmore) reflects back on his experiences with other new recruits in radio school, including an all-American athlete (Tab Hunter) who has a girlfriend (Mona Freeman) back home but engages in an affair with a lonely wife (Dorothy Malone) on base; a womanizing lumberjack (Aldo Ray) who falls for a kind widow (Nancy Olson); and a bookish young man (John Lupton) who befriends a beautiful woman (Anne Francis) during his regular outings on the Coronado Ferry. Will the men be given a chance by their Major (Van Heflin) to experience combat duty?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aldo Ray Films<\/li>\n<li>Anne Francis Films<\/li>\n<li>Dorothy Malone Films<\/li>\n<li>Fess Parker Films<\/li>\n<li>James Whitmore Films<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Olson Films<\/li>\n<li>Raoul Walsh Films<\/li>\n<li>Raymond Massey Films<\/li>\n<li>Tab Hunter Films<\/li>\n<li>Van Heflin Films<\/li>\n<li>World War II <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis hugely popular wartime melodrama &#8212; directed by Raoul Walsh &#8212; was based on a novel by Leon Uris, who also wrote the screenplay. While it&#8217;s easy to see the film&#8217;s appeal for audiences at the time (who were just ten years out from their experiences actually living through the war), the storyline is little more than a soaper featuring various romantic entanglements and character arcs: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Olson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Olson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Olson.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Olson-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Olson-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Olson-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Malone.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Malone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Malone.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Malone-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Malone-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Ray-Malone-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Francis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Francis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Francis.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Francis-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Francis-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Francis-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We see some of Heflin&#8217;s leadership challenges: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Leadership.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Leadership.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Leadership.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Leadership-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Leadership-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Leadership-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and evidence of how well the men perform in battle when given a chance, but none of this can compare in intensity or thematic scope to other, better films on the same topics. Watch for Raymond Massey as a higher-up: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Massey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Massey.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Massey.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Massey-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Massey-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Massey-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and too-brief glimpses of Navajo &#8220;code talkers&#8221; (Jonas Applegarth and Felix Noriego) in action: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Code-Talkers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Code-Talkers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Code-Talkers.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Code-Talkers-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Code-Talkers-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Code-Talkers-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The intriguing snippets of Navajo &#8220;code talking&#8221; at work<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Navajo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Navajo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Navajo.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Navajo-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Navajo-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Navajo-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Impressively filmed crowd scenes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Marching.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Marching.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Marching.png 608w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Marching-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Marching-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Battle-Cry-Marching-604x254.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look for its all-star cast. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047860\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/16198\/battle-cry#articles-reviews?articleId=297145\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2965&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What do we owe this lousy war? 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