Malta Story (1953)

This week we ask: can a stacked cast save a movie? Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Rod Steiger and Curt Jurgens star in 1979's 'Breakthrough', a sequel to 1977's 'Cross of Iron'. Can the sequel hit the heights of its cult predecessor? Join us to find out!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zip up your SRU vests and prepare for take off! This week the boys cover 1990's Fire Birds, staring Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones, think Top Gun but with helicopters! With plenty of Apache action, Cage and Lee turning it up to 11 and Dale Dye positively stealing scenes, is the film just a Top gun knock off or does it offer something more?Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Double Feature Friday is back! This time Matt gives us two end-of-the-century classics, both featuring Sean Connery, and Robbie goes for two Lumet-directed Al Pacino films! Let us know if you give either of these double features a go!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we take to the skies with Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins as they struggle to defend Malta from the Luftwaffe onslaught in Brian Desmond Hurst's 'Malta Story'. We discuss steam rollers, Spitfires, production intrigues and miscasting, so be sure to join us! Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we open up the FoF Archive and listen back to some of our favourite moments from the last 6 years of the show! Matt's away this time for work, so Robbie has enlisted the talents of 50s movie star and legally safe soundalike 'Hack Jawkins'... Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gregory Peck leads 'Only The Valiant' this week, for some b-movie 50s Western fayre! With Winchester in hand can Peck hold the fort for the relief to get to him nd his men in time? join us to find out! Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rod Lurie (of ''The Outpost' fame) brings us 'Lucky Strike' a new WW2 film. The film stars Scott Eastwood as Captain Castle an engineers officer who gets trapped behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge! Does he make it home and does the film cut the mustard? Join the boys to find out...*An early screener of Lucky Strike was kindly provided by Vertigo Releasing, the film is out now on most major UK streaming platforms!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jack Hawkins leads André De Toth's spy/war hybrid 'The Two Headed Spy' this week! Join Matt and Robbie as they dive into one of Jack's lesser known war film turns.Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We take to the depths this week with the legendary 'Das Boot'! Das Boot romped home to win the inaugural FoF World Cup of War Movies, beating Bridge Over the River Kwai handily. So join Matt and Robbie as they batten down the hatches and ready the torpedoes to cover a piece of cinematic technical mastery which continues to be a much loved submarine classic!Check out our site at www.fightingonfilm.comWe are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

450 US Marines, led by Brian Donlevy, find themselves fending off a Japanese onslaught on an isolated Pacific atoll. Directed by John Farrow and made with the assistance of the USMC, Wake Island (1942) is a fascinating early-war US propaganda film that seeks to recreate the desperate battle for the island. Join us this week! Check out our site at www.fightingonfilm.comWe are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.