Episode 167: Battleground

ABOUT THE EPISODE:

An early attempt at the “Band of Brothers” style war movie (and about the 101st airborne, weirdly enough), Battleground is something of an unwieldy mess, with unmemorable characters, no real theme, and generally a step backward in competency compared to even the silent war movies nominated for the very first Oscars. But it does have one good speech.

SHOW NOTES

Year Eligible: 1949 (Nominated)

Additional audio from Battleground (1949)

(Explicit language, as always)