Format:
Video disc
Title:
The desert rats ; Twelve o'clock high ; Von Ryan's express ; The young lions
Other title(s):
Twelve o'clock high
12 o'clock high
Von Ryan's express
Young lions
Publication:
Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC, [2010]
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (503 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
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General Note:
Title from container.
The desert rats originally produced as a motion picture in 1953.
Twelve o'clock high originally produced as a motion picture in 1949.
Von Ryan's express originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
The young lions originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
Twelve o'clock high based on the novel by Beirne Lay, Jr. and Sy Bartlett.
Von Ryan's express based on the novel by David Westheimer.
The young lions based on the novel by Irwin Shaw.
The desert rats and Twelve o'clock high: Full screen.
Von Ryan's express and The young lions: Widescreen.
Contents:
The desert rats / Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; written by Richard Murphy ; produced by Robert J. Jacks ; directed by Robert Wise (88 mins., black & white, 1953) -- Twelve o'clock high / Darryl F. Zanuck presents ; screenplay by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay, Jr. ; produced by Daryl F. Zanuck ; directed by Henry King (132 mins., black & white, 1949) -- Von Ryan's express / Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; a Mark Robson production ; screenplay by Wendell Mayes and Joseph Landon ; produced by Saul David ; directed by Mark Robson (116 mins., color, 1965) -- The young lions / Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; screenplay by Edward Anhalt ; produced by Al Lichtman ; directed by Edward Dmytryk (167 mins., black & white, 1958).
Summary:
The desert rats: A courageous band of Australian soldiers stops Rommel's march to the Suez Canal.
Twelve o'clock high: The commander of a U.S. bomber unit in Britain during World War II begins to crack under the strain.
Von Ryan's express: An American captain leads Allied prisoners in a daring train escape across Nazi-controlled Italy during World War II.
The young lions: The story of World War II from the American and the German perspectives. The German officer Christian Diestl approves less and less of the war. Jewish-American Noah Ackerman deals with antisemitism at home and in the army while entertainer Michael Whiteacre transforms from playboy to hero.
Reading Level:
The desert rats, Twelve o'clock high, and The young lions: Not rated.
Von Ryan's express MPAA rating: PG.
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Container of (work): Desert rats (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Twelve o'clock high (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Von Ryan's express (Motion picture)
Container of (work): Young lions (Motion picture)