Around half way through the movie, when the leading officer is giving them the speech about how hes not sure which path is the best so theyll split into 2 and go different paths, in a few scenes you see 2 trees off in the background. If you watch them carefully youll see one of them fall down. I know this is a poor description, and Im sorry. I was just wondering if anyone else saw this too.
shareI did see that as well. I thought it was a monkey or some other tree-climbing animal falling from one branch to another. It was odd to notice that in the distance.
shareDid anyone notice John Payne in this movie? I was sure that I saw him, but he is not credited for this movie either here or under his name.
shareI never saw John Payne, but I think I saw John Wayne.
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You are obviously a stranger to someone making a joke.
Help stamp out and do away with redundancy
I could have sworn it was Orville Faubus or perhaps Florian Zabach.
"Beware of the waiting room."
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Nope missed that on but I did notice that it is a remake of Northwest Passage.
sharePretty much retold in a Gary Cooper movie, Seminole Drums.
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"Producer Jerry Wald also admitted that much of the screenplay was based on Northwest Passage (1940), a film about the adventures of a long-range ranger unit during the French & Indian War."
Can you fly this plane?
Surely u cant be serious
I am serious,and dont call me Shirley
I personally didn't notice it, but it was mentioned in the "Goofs" section of this movie's page.
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saw the tree strangely fall down at about 1:57 as you said. Curious and curioser ? I watch this but my dad must be turning in his grave, he was in Burma a very young paratrooper. As is mentioned elsewhere The British reaction to this movie was ( scathingly - my insertion )negative. However due to the old man's part in 'The forgotten war' and being a Wingate researcher I watch anything of this nature, fact or fiction . there is some WW2 footage mixed in.
Well done the Yanks!
The Book 'Wingate's Phantom Army' was written up by a Daily Express reporter, back in the day...those guys didn't shy away from the action.
If the parachute jump was done from an elevation of 300 feet, why would they have worn a reserve chute? By the time you realized your main chute failed and you pulled your reserve, you'd already be on the ground.
shareActually, I believe that real paratroopers never jump below 400 feet. Anything less and you'd die, with or without a reserve chute.
It is better to be kind than to be clever or good looking. -- Derek
You're right. A paratrooper would fall 400 feet in about five seconds. So unless his chute opened right away, he'd be dead. In any case, at that height, he'd probably get seriously injured upon landing--if not killed.
A person's a person, no matter how small. -- Dr. Seuss
I struggled with the 300 foot jump ... as a matter of fact there was one shot where they were several thousand feet from the ground when they were jumping. Whatever, twas a good film!
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