
Two Women(1960)
A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.


“Youth and love and wartime-- the best-seller that electrified seven million readers!”
Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.

Aldo Ray
Sam Croft

Cliff Robertson
Robert Hearn

Raymond Massey
General Cummings

Lili St. Cyr
Willa Mae

Barbara Nichols
Mildred Croft

William Campbell
Brown

Richard Jaeckel
Gallagher

James Best
Rhidges

Joey Bishop
Roth

Jerry Paris
Goldstein
The Naked and the Dead is a drama, war film released in 1958 exploring themes of world war ii, wartime. Directed by Raoul Walsh, it stars Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey. Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.
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