The Young Lions

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bruce C @bruce999 Aug 2, 2026 am interesting study of ww2, from both sides. A german (brando) who doesn't want to hurt anyone, but has a lot of peer pressure to do it... and i enjoyed the scene when the french woman put him down, and he was still friendly to her. and then there's the americans who get into the war. (montgomery clift, is a young soldier who is miscast, and this hurts the film badly. Clift is a great actor, but his age shows, and a younger actor should of been chosen. Besides that ,the movie is interesting, and worth viewing. See more Lorenz L @Lorenz1060 Jun 15, 2026 Wow, this is bad. Brando is a bottle blond spewing idiotic truisms with an accent more appropriate for "Hogan’s Heroes". Poor, masochistic Monty Clift was still recovering from facial reconstruction and, great actor that he was, he is totally disjointed here. Why is Dean Martin here? Everyone – no matter the nationality or location, from Bavaria to Paris to Vermont – speaks with a stereotypical accent, some so bad that I laughed out loud. The Germans insert a "ja" into almost every sentence so we don’t forget they’re German; zee French girls are so ooh-la-la; Hope Lang’s daddy, converted from anti-Semite to father-in-law of a Jew in less than 60 seconds, paaks his caah in Havaad Yaad. The screenplay is ludicrous, but so is Dmytryk’s oh-so-slow direction. Really cheap sets and totally incorrect fashions are on display from the first moments in Bavaria on New Year’s Eve in 1938, where Barbara Rush enters a party wearing a dress that screams 1960. This DVD goes to the trash bin. See more Reuel S @RT47230415 Jul 24, 2025 another great score by Hugo Friedhofer who scored One Eyed Jacks, The Best Years of our Lives, Soldier of Fortune, etc. always sweeping and understated yet powerful. the scene where wasp small town girl gone to NY, Hope Lang introduces Jewish Monty Clift to her father is masterfully played by all. the father played by Vaughn Taylor, who is seventh generation NE protestant in the film is so moving. Simple truth and acceptance of another world yet aknowledging the love his daughter has and his trust in her and conviction. See more Boopi H @RT90026120 Jun 16, 2025 for a 50's production it was a nice little war movie. a tad talky at times, it still delivered a good amount of action. not nearly as good as European war flics. See more Leo P @RT23366938 May 3, 2025 This static war movie could've well been staged in a theater as one act melodrama. Stereotypical heroes go through emotional hell without any conviction. Dying Brando is outright ridiculous. Too long, too pretentious, failed to stand the test of time. See more Rick L @RT35667484 Jan 7, 2025 The director failed to give this movie some direction. See more Read all reviews

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