The Night of the Generals (
1967) | IMDb:
7.2
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
Starring:
Peter O'Toole
,
Omar Sharif
,
Tom Courtenay
,
Donald Pleasence
,
Joanna Pettet
,
Philippe Noiret
Lawrence of Arabia (
1962) | IMDb:
8.3
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Suddenly, Last Summer (
1959) | IMDb:
7.5
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
Starring:
Elizabeth Taylor
,
Katharine Hepburn
,
Montgomery Clift
,
Albert Dekker
,
Mercedes McCambridge
,
Gary Raymond
The Bridge on the River Kwai (
1957) | IMDb:
8.1
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Starring:
William Holden
,
Alec Guinness
,
Jack Hawkins
,
Sessue Hayakawa
,
James Donald
,
Geoffrey Horne
Produced by:
Sam Spiegel