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The War Lover [VHS] [1962]
  

The War Lover [VHS] [1962]

VHS ~ Steve McQueen
3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Anne Field, Gary Cockrell, Michael Crawford
  • Directors: Philip Leacock
  • Writers: Howard Koch, John Hersey
  • Producers: Arthur Hornblow Jr.
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • VHS Release Date: 6 Jul 1992
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00008T476
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,396 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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An American Air Force pilot stationed in England during the Second World War alienates his crew and his superiors with his rebellious attitude.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Better than "Memphis Belle", 1 Jan 2004
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This review is from: The War Lover [DVD] [1962] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
McQueen starts as an American bomber captain with a ruthless attitude which is more feared than respected by his fellow crewmen. He knows how to fly but he certainly doesn't have many social skills or time for people he takes a dislike to, usually because they have seen through his fragile personality and outer skin. McQueen puts up a capable performance and we see the actor in a nastier light than we have seen from later films of his, first introducing Wagner to a girl and then trying to steal her later on. He does show some compassion to his tough exterior in parts but the end result is a very unstable extrovert character who would be an accident waiting to happen in a modern airforce.
Wagner backs up McQueen ably as the co-pilot with the reason and common sense to counter-act his leader and soothe their working relationship in the air. Shirley-Ann Field plays the girl with the stiff upper lip Britishness who is attracted to Wagner for his charm and calmness, but is thrilled by McQueen's toughness and directness. She gives a very stiff-looking acting performance that lets the film down on occasion, though probably not helped by the script.
Overall the film is worth buying for those who like me had never seen it before, the sound and quality of the DVD is fine.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Production, 26 Dec 2006
By Rick "rick_in_tas" (Tasmania, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The War Lover [DVD] [1962] (DVD)
This film may seem a little dated now, but is probably a little closer to the truth of the time than many a modern recreation. The flying action is intercut with real action footage of the daytime air war over Germany in WWII. The action on the ground is pretty realistic too, the Americans portrayed as brash and self-confident, the British as stoic and formal. And so it was during those years.

Some errors of fact occur, but overall it shines with a good script, good acting and some wonderful flying. It doesn't gush with patriotism, it doesn't force its morality down your throat. A non-intrusive score by Richard Addison rounds out a very worthwhile production. The DVD contains the original trailer (pay no attention, it is rather sensational!!) and subtitles.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Misses the target, 8 Nov 2007
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The War Lover [DVD] [1962] (DVD)
The War Lover is a mostly botched but still watchable watering down of John Hersey's novel about a sociopathic bomber pilot (Steve McQueen, playing an airborne variation of his psychotic soldier from Hell is For Heroes). Unfortunately the film is less interested in the thin line between heroism and psychopathic behavior than Robert Wagner's romance with Shirley Ann Field (in a performance so bad that at times her vocal delivery is so far off-target it's like nails on a blackboard), leaving the feeling that the real story has been sidelined for much of the film. Some good airborne sequences keep it watchable if you lower your expectations, but this could have been much more.
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