I used to watch this a lot as a kid, along with another movie called Mr Roberts, I take that back there were three: Von Ryan's Express(I made a mistake and confused it with Kelly's Heroes which has too much of a 70's peace flair for me to like as much as these three), The Sand Pebbles and Mr Roberts.
Last night I was working as I work from home, and I decided to watch the Sand Pebbles for the first time in about 25 years. What an amazing movie!! Just cannot make a film like that anymore.
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Yea Buddy, great movie, we caught "The Great Escape" today.
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Steve McQueen was in both flics is why they were good movies.Robert
Earlier this year when I was nursing my ribs I watched a Charlton Heston movie I had never seen before. 55 Days At Peking, about The Boxer Rebellion and The Empress Dowager Cixi. A great movie starring a great American, within an historical context.
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55 Days At Peking--I will check this out!!
I am not sure there was not a cooler dude than Steve McQueen.
At the very beginning of the movie, as the cavalry enters the city, the director picked a head shot of Heston in all his stony visaged grandeur. This is the face you would want for any organization.
McQueen had the "cool factor" all sewed up. Heston was in a league of his own.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
If you get a chance, catch "Bullit". One of my favorites.
Love Steve McQueen and I've got my 13 year old boy hook on his movies. I think it's important for them to see GOOD movies and not all this special effects junk they put out.
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Someone said that McQueen played that role with clenched hair...Originally Posted by dg31872
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Cool Hand Luke was another great McQ movie
55 days at Peking I will have to check out as well
another one that I really liked was Bridge Over the River Kwai , it was a true story , but many former English POW's were very angry because it portrayed the Japanese in a good light , they said being a POW there was hell ..
What was the one where they carried the explosives to the bottom of a dam ??
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Cool hand Luke was Paul Newman.
yep you are correct in my error !! I dunno where my pea brain was at
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Matt. 5:14-16
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As far as the explosives in the dam, are you talking about Force 10 from Navarone with Robert Shaw?
Another Steve McQueen film I enjoyed was Nevada Smith, although I can't seem to remember any of his I DIDN'T enjoy.
Could very well be Force 10 from Navarone
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Matt. 5:14-16
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McQueen made a lot of great movies; if you're trying to see them all add these 2:
Hell is for Heroes
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My old man tuned me onto all those old flicks when I was young I owned all the ones on vhs
For me, "Sergeant York", "The Light Horsemen" and "Searching for Private Ryan" are my all time favorite war movies. Each from a different generation of film making, each top notch. I did remember liking "Sand Pebbles" as a teen-age boy, watched it with my Dad when it came out. Dad never said much, but when he did, I had learned to pay attention. He remarked during the scene with the BAR that it was a very realistic portrayal of what a good BAR man could do.
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I remember watching 55 days in Peking at a movie theater when I was about 14. Enjoyed it then. Seen the Sand Pebbles on TV. All Steve McQueen's films were good.
The Light Horsemen is a great movie, too bad it's hard to find in the states. Truly a well done movie in every respect.
The Sand Pebbles is a favorite of mine too. Steve McQueen was great.
I've been in poor health the last week, and discovered yesterday that I have a kidney stone. Fortunately, I have the meds to control that pain. As i dozed off and on today, I decided to watch a flick on cable. Wasn't sure I would like it, but watched it anyway. 'Lone Survivor', starring Mark Walburg. I did not doze at all during the film. If any of you have not seen it, I recommend it. Be sure to watch through to the credits. mikey
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