Cry of Battle
During World War II, the spoiled son of a wealthy businessman finds himself involved in the guerrilla movement fighting against the Japanese, and finds romance and adventure.
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""Cry of Battle" was released in 1963--the same year that "Spencer's Mountain" hit the big screen. Both star James MacArthur in a coming of age story, but it would be difficult to find two films so different from each other. Where "Spencer's Mountain" is filled to the brim with scenes about the virtues of family bonds and living in harmony with the land, "Cry of Battle" is nearly morally bankrupt. In fact, I am surprised the novel was chosen for filming. Set during World War II, the film features MacArthur as the son (David McVey) of a wealthy ..."
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This was the film playing as part of a double bill at the Texas Theater in Dallas when Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested there on November 22, 1963 for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the murder of police officer J.D. Tippit. The other half of the double feature, War Is Hell (1961), was the film playing during the arrest. It is suspected that "Cry of Battle" did not actually screen that day, as the theater closed for a few days following the arrest.
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During World War II, the spoiled son of a wealthy businessman finds himself involved in the guerrilla movement fighting against the Japanese, and finds romance and adventure.