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Paratroop Command

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Wikipedia article




'Paratroop Command' is a 1959 American war film directed by William Witney, starring Richard Bakalyan, Ken Lynch and Jack Hogan. American International Pictures originally released the film as a double feature with 'Submarine Seahawk'.

Plot



Charlie is a soldier who suffers the scorn of his paratroop unit because he accidentally kills one of their own men. The film is set in World War II in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy.

Cast



As appearing in screen credits (main roles identified):[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053308/fullcredits The Story on Page One credits]

A full cast and production crew list is too lengthy to include, see: IMDb profile.

Reception



Quentin Tarantino, an admirer of Witney's work, considers this film to be among his four best. Tarantino called it "the best of American-Internationals WW2 potboilers. But I think its even better than that. It contains a realism that sets it apart from most other WW2 movies done in that same era. So much so that it makes a lot of good and similar movies from that same time, Robert Aldrichs 'Attack' and Don Siegels 'Hell is for Heroes', look theatrical and stagey by comparison."

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