Paths of Glory
Summary:
Adapting Humphrey Cobb's novel to the screen, director Stanley Kubrick and his collaborators Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson set out to make a devastating anti-war statement, and they succeeded above and beyond the call of duty. In the third year of World War I, the erudite but morally bankrupt French general Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his troops to seize the heavily... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Kirk Douglas - (Col. Dax)
Ralph Meeker - (Corp. Paris)
Adolphe Menjou - (Gen. Broulard)
George Macready - (Gen. Mireau)
Wayne Morris - (Lieutenant Roget)
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Review:
Paths of Glory is a remarkable anti-war film that retains its impact decades after its release. The story's horrifying, tragic inevitability combines with Stanley Kubrick's forthright documentary style to create a film of rare power, a stinging, pre-Vietnam indictment of the inflexibility of war-time decision-making. Kirk Douglas, who prod... Continue >>
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