Ticonderoga: O Forte da Vingança (1953)
THE FIRST GREAT OUTDOOR EPIC OF AMERICA IN 3-DIMENSIONS
Gênero : Faroeste
Runtime : 1H 13M
Director : William Castle
Escritor : Robert E. Kent
Sinopse
Tendo como pano de fundo a guerra francesa e indiana na América colonial, os soldados britânicos tentam encaminhar o exército francês a partir de Fort Ticonderoga.
No final do século XVII em pleno Oeste norte-americano vive Spirit, um cavalo que resiste a ser domado pelo homem. Ele se apaixona por uma égua local, chamada Chuva, e desenvolve uma grande amizade com um jovem índio Lakota chamado Pequeno Rio. Juntos eles acompanham a colonização do local onde vivem, percebendo as mudanças que a chegada da civilização fazem em seu dia-a-dia.
Após enfrentar os monstros sadomasoquistas do inferno que mataram sua família, a jovem Kristy (Ashley Laurence) está em um hospital psiquiátrico, onde não acreditam em sua história. Mas mal sabe ela que o diretor da clínica, Dr. Channard (Kenneth Cranham) é um profundo estudioso do apavorante mundo que Kristy conheceu. Disposto a conhecer tudo por trás dessa história, ele traz de volta a terrível madrasta de Kristy, Julia (Clare Higgins), que passa a matar inocentes. Agora, a jovem se vê novamente correndo risco de passar a eternidade no pior de seus pesadelos.
A herdeira de uma fazenda contrata seu rejeitado pretendente como pastor de ovelhas. Depois comete o erro de apaixonar-se e casar com um oficial da cavalaria.
Um trapaceiro irlandês conquista o coração de uma viúva rica e assume a posição aristocrárica do seu falecido marido na Inglaterra do século 18.
Em 1942, um avião da Royal Air Force é abatido sobre uma Paris ocupada pelo exército nazi. Os três pilotos saltam em para-quedas: Peter Cunningham cai nos andaimes de Augustin Bouvet, um pintor da construção civil que está a trabalhar na fachada do comando alemão, Alan Macintosh aterra no telhado da Ópera, durante o ensaio da orquestra, dirigida por Stanislas LeFort, e Sir Reginald mergulha no tanque das focas, no Jardim Zoológico de Vincennes. Enquanto a polícia alemã se lança à sua procura, Stanislas e Augustin ocupam-se dos ingleses, lançando-se nas mais extraordinárias aventuras, para os conduzirem para a zona livre.
Quando um guerreiro mercenário é preso dentro da Grande Muralha, ele descobre o mistério por trás de uma das maiores maravilhas do mundo. Como onda após a onda de bestas a assediar a estrutura maciça, a sua busca por fortuna transforma-se numa jornada rumo ao heroísmo. E com ele se junta um enorme exército de guerreiros de elite para enfrentar a força inimaginável e aparentemente imparável.
The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left paralysed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.
1954. O capitão Louis Edward Nolan (David Hemmings) é um oficial do exército que está desapontado com seu comandante, o lorde Cardigan (Trevor Howard). Ele é enviado à Turquia juntamente com o lorde Raglan (John Gielgud), um oficial desastrado que tem problemas de memória. A missão deles é combater a invasão russa ao local, durante a Guerra da Criméia.
Em Londres, durante os bombardeios da Primeira Guerra, o oficial Roy e a bailarina Myra se conhecem na ponte de Waterloo e logo se apaixonam. Porém, Roy precisa partir para o front de batalha. Myra promete esperá-lo. Meses depois, ela recebe a notícia da morte de Roy. Desiludida e sem recursos, Myra toma uma decisão drástica. Mas será que o seu grande amor realmente morreu?
Portugal 1813. A band of deserters, including Sharpe's old enemy, Obadiah Hakeswill, have captured two women, one the wife of a high-ranking English officer, and are holding them hostage for ransom. Sharpe is given the 60th Rifles and a Rocket troop, as well as his majority to rescue the women. But while Sharpe may be able to deal with his old enemy, he has yet to face a newer threat, the French Major Pierre Ducos.
1813. Major Sharpe's old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls Sharpe out in a duel. But when the husband is found dead the next morning, Sharpe is arrested and brought before a court martial, and it seems not even Patrick Harper and the Chosen Men can save Sharpe from a hanging, or rescue his honour
Sharpe is sent on a mission to exchange rifles for deserters with a strange band of Spanish guerillas. He also has to chaperone two women looking for their missing husband.
Sharpe, with his new commanding officer, is sent to capture a castle when news comes of locals who will rise against Bonaparte. However, he is somewhat distracted by thoughts of his wife whom he was forced to leave while stricken with fever.
Napoleon has been exiled to Elba, the English have returned from the wars, and Major Richard Sharpe finds himself in a sort of exile to lead a company of Yorkshire Yeomen. His duties include protecting mill owners from restless workers who are on the verge of strike or outright revolt. Meanwhile, Sharpe's faithless wife and her lover fall within range of Sharpe's wrath. Sharpe, with his two of his devoted Chosen Men nearby, must decide whether to continue to protect the mill owners or to take the side of their fiercely downtrodden workers.
Spain 1812 The Duke of Wellington plans to lay siege to Badajoz. A murderous figure from Sharpe's past uses a beautiful woman revenge himself on Sharpe, now the father of her child. Sharpe has reason to be happy, he holds his daughter for the first time and is given command of the Light Company again, together with his captaincy. But will his happiness be short lived?
Alcoholic former cavalryman Hack Williams is arrested for killing an Indian, something he did not do. The townspeople, fearful of Apache reprisals, plan to hang Williams in hopes of heading off an attack. But the attack comes and Hack, locked in his jail cell, is the only survivor as a massacre occurs. Into the scene of carnage arrives schoolteacher Nora Haynes. Together she and Williams must find a way to reach safety before another Indian attack. But the pair are by no means well-matched, and their trip alone across the desert is not destined to be an easy one.
Sharpe is framed as the thief who stole Napolean's gold, and he must clear his name to avoid execution. Meanwhile his wife Jane - urged on by a friend - makes some questionable choices.
Legend knows him as an archer of unwavering focus, the soldier who fought a battle in his own heart before taking up arms against his enemy. This is the untold story of Arjun, hero of the Mahabharata. A precocious talent plunged from boyhood and innocence into a murky world of deceit and betrayal, coming of age to become the most powerful warrior of his time. From the dusty plains of Hastinapur to the icy peaks of the Himalayas, Arjun: The Warrior Prince is the story of a man discovering what it takes to be a hero.
A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the politically unstable country.
Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy. The film examines the moral dilemmas ordinary men face during war, when the definitions of acceptable military action and insupportable brutality become blurred and distorted