The War Lover part 5, all war no love

[mrstevehartman]

Great movie ! However, in some shots, it still shows the #3 engine running after it was considered " dead and feathered " ?

[spacedigger]

@mrstevehartman It's a movie dude... I even saw thunderbirds like puppets jump from that plane witch had one surviver withe the burning chute. What does it matter. All is good in a movie.

[mrstevehartman]

@spacedigger UGHHHHHHHHHHH.... OK ?

[spacedigger]

@mrstevehartman apparently you haven;t payd attention :P

[mrstevehartman]

@spacedigger No new news there. I never pay attention anyway....

[darkmossie633]

McQueen-great screen presence-commands your attention all the way through, as he did in all his films -sure sign of a true movie great, in a tremendous, though sad film

[RonyMexico]

thanks for posting these vids, mcqueen was great in this underappreciated film

[leesherman100]

In flight camara work very well done I thought. It all comes off as the real deal, not some phoney Hollywood back lot nonsense. Believe it or not, this scenario, more or less happened almost every day during the war. Please never forget these gallant warriors, who had fear riding on their shoulders for every flight!!.

[ur1sob2001]

i didnt read any of the books mentioned here,but,one fact is-anytime i see steve mac queen's name as a participant i know,i am going to enjoy seeing it,thanks-bomberguy.

[greganwortman]

A marvelous symbolic statement of the current American and British War Efforts.

[cosmicdingo]

Junior os played by the guy who would be the Phantom of the Opera. He's actually British, with an excellent Yank accent.

[crocfme]

My Gr. Dad had the mis-fortune to fly a Whitley.This and all your stuff helps keep the memory alive, thankyou.

[terryjohn]

gosh- they were sitting ducks.-sorry about your father.

terry

[spheresector]

i am not sure if chopping up this film is a very good idea,but anyhow much better than nothing,....would enjoy to see the full version some time ...thanks 4 posting .greetings from germany

[whizbang47]

I read the book when I was 13 and was disappointed at all the mush, as you might expect a kid to be. I wanted to absorb B-17 experience. I was taking lessons in a PA-11 Cub. I tell people. They don't believe me.

[waverly2468]

In the second half of the movie Shirley Anne Field tells Buzz Rickson that she's figured him out--he loves to wage war with his B-17 and when the war's over he's going to be lost because there won't be any cities that he can drop bombs on. After that confrontation Buzz (Steve McQueen) tries to act cool on the next mission but he is not his usual self. Unbelievable acting by McQueen.

[twinstu50]

I think so too. McQueen is at his best here, particularly in the final scenes before impact. As an actor, he is very underrated this is one example, in my personal opinion.

[josephdupont]

thanks ... i loved steve mcqueen and I love planes.. I assume that was Robert Wagner as the co pilot?

[whizbang47]

I've been trying to find the book for ages, also The Big Show by Clostermann and Serenade to the Big Bird by Stiles. These weren't rare books. Where'd they go?

[sundialman]

Make that John Hersey as the author of War Lover.

[twinstu50]

They're around. In a book by Pierre Clostermann, The Big Show (?) he states that, he saw below an unusual 'plane', crossing from right to left, very fast, with a 'porpising' motion, it looked 'German'. His description matches the Dornier 335 'Phiel' (Arrow).

BUT, the '335 supposedly did not 'see' combat. Clostermann was returning to base and saw this machine transiting, his Tiffie (Typhoon) was not fast enough to intercept this unknown aeroplane. Any advances on the '335 in combat?.

[terryjohn]

how about the He 162-

they were flown by kids and A dickfeild.a ace'