+ Visit Cardiff FC for Latest News, Transfer Gossip, Fixtures and Match Results
Results 1 to 25 of 27

Thread: Of the Epic Films Made

Hybrid View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1

    Re: Of the Epic Films Made

    Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
    Several Hollywood backed WWII based films made at the time exaggerated the roles of American personnel in the stories, partly to give the actors a higher profile and hopefully a greater box office return.
    The Great Escape being a classic example.
    In the 60s the yanks even made a series called "The Rat Patrol" about an American unit called the Desert Rats fighting Rommel in North Africa.
    British TV cancelled it afer protests just a couple of episodes into its run.

  2. #2
    First Team light up the darkness's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Ho Chi Minh City/Radyr
    Posts
    2,684

    Re: Of the Epic Films Made

    Quote Originally Posted by bobh View Post
    In the 60s the yanks even made a series called "The Rat Patrol" about an American unit called the Desert Rats fighting Rommel in North Africa.
    British TV cancelled it afer protests just a couple of episodes into its run.

    I remember my father jumping up and down about the ‘bloody yanks’ and their fairy stories in North Africa

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •