
Midway(1976)
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.



Marlon Brando
Lt. Christian Diestl

Montgomery Clift
Noah Ackerman

Dean Martin
Michael Whiteacre

Hope Lange
Hope Plowman

Barbara Rush
Margaret Freemantle

May Britt
Gretchen Hardenberg

Maximilian Schell
Capt. Hardenberg

Dora Doll
Simone

Lee Van Cleef
1st Sgt. Rickett

Liliane Montevecchi
Françoise
The Young Lions is a war, drama, action film released in 1958 exploring themes of world war ii, black and white, soldier, american, 1940s. Directed by Edward Dmytryk, it stars Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin. The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
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