Kirk Douglas: Paths of Glory ("Show Mercy") Monologue

[goback3spaces]

Lambs to the slaughter, end of story. Good direction, but not a terribly good script.

[ALFAGOMMA]

Saw this film for the first time last week. Absolutely brilliant and this scene with Douglas is outstanding.

[DurdenisGod]

I just watched this for the first time not long ago and I was blown away.

[Hemulen40]

Aw, GOD ! Magnificent performance by Douglas !

[cayloh]

Watching this scene makes me wonder, how -- how in the world is Kirk Douglas still alive?

[ShawDAMAN]

horrible movie but superbly acted.

[skuterixas91]

@ShawDAMAN

horrible comment...that's it....

[ShawDAMAN]

@skuterixas91 I assume you like the film? Actually I think it was quite well made, and I'm a big Kirk Douglas fan.... when I said "horrible movie" I just meant thematically it was very dark and depressing. I suppose that could be misinterpreted

[skuterixas91]

@ShawDAMAN

yeah sorry i totally misunderstood you my bad :)

[ShawDAMAN]

@skuterixas91 no prob haha

[cosmicdingo]

KD deserves much credit for busting the infamous McCarthy era blacklist , and hiring Dalton Trumbo as chief writer for this flick.

[AlexDumortier]

An authentic masterpiece. The writing, the acting, the cinematography: All are absolutely first-rate. This movie has  a well-deserved place in the pantheon of film and, indeed, culture.

[Jcolinsol]

@je5752

True that.

[lithiumjimmy]

Plus ca change.

[cha5]

Powerful film, One of Kubrick and Douglas's all time greats, Richard Anderson (who later went on to play The Six Million Dollar Man's boss Oscar Madison a couple of decades later on TV) is also superb as the prosecutor.

(although you don't see him here)

[WytchTits]

I went from not really knowing who Kirk Douglas was and than after watching Spartacus and Paths of Glory within a weak I became a big fan of his.

[VOIDMK20]

Douglas is one of the best actors alive.

Especially his work in this movie places him at the top.

[actonbath]

One irony is...

One of the actors playing a "coward" is actually a ww2 Vet fighter pilot. He flew F6F Hellcats off the Carrier Essex. Shot down 7 Japanese planes and contributed to the sinking of 5 ships.

Distinguished Flying Cross

2 Air Medals.

Buried in Arlington Cemetary.

[nuitetjuors1]

@actonbath

which actor do you mean?

ralph meeker was in the navy, timothy carey wasn't in the air force either and joseph turkel definitely isn't buried in arlington (i hope not anyway- he's not dead)

[nuitetjuors1]

@actonbath

ah- i've just seen your other comment where you named him- wayne morris.

i was confused at first, as although his character is a coward, he isn't court martialled for it. (he's the one kirk douglas orders to officiate at the execution, right?)

i didn't know that stuff about him, that's interesting. and he's very good in this film.

[grausammesser]

I love you Spartacus.

[Hemulen40]

Fab movie . // Kirk Douglas gotta be one of da most under rated actors evva ! He´s also a great , courageous human being .

[InspectorMustache]

Thank you very much for posting this! I heard this as a sample in the song From The Mountains To The Prairies by the great band From Monument To Masses and I was looking all over the internet to find its origin.

[sane8man]

Wow, me too! I finally watched this movie over the weekend. It's brilliant.

[azulo65]

This is a brilliant film!

[crysiseternity]

I would love to see this.

[jbails007]

This is Kirk Douglas at his best. Just an incredible performance. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

[juanvansteen]

The best picture of war, in Europe this picture was censured for twenty years! Because it is based on a true story in the first World War and a great vision of that story by "Stanley Kubrick" about the "GLORY" of "WAR" !!!

[helmuthoorn]

To find these men guilty will haunt you untill the day you die

[creematthew]

This film is superb.

[manyflga]

A powerful movie that can be retold today.

[kermsroomy]

Nice! One of the 10 best American films ever produced.

[BelieveIt1051]

This relates to what Jack Murtha did to the Haditha Marines. This needs to be shown in every high school across America. Maybe then the youth of today will finally learn what patriotism and honor are. Believe it!

[ShamusMacGuffin]

Powerful, controversial, and a necessary film for all to see. It's a vital film and it exists in the now.