With the 75th anniversary of end of World War II approaching — May 8 marks V ... There is also a spy among them. But William Holden, who plays J.J. Sefton, is the star. He’s maybe the first ...

Based on James Michener’s 1953 novel, the movie follows a crew of Navy aviators assigned to bomb bridges in North Korea. William Holden stars as the World War II veteran called back into service.

Among the smorgasbord of genre-film delights on view in William Holden: A Different Kind of Hero ... Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch,” George Seaton’s marvelous World War II spy picture “The ...

April 17 marks the 100th birthday of William ... WWII disillusionment, characters with self-doubt (even self-loathing) and cynicism who could still maintain integrity. But the final word went to ...

Hollywood loves World War II movies. The obsession makes sense ... Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Hawkins, William Holden, Alec Guinness Genres Drama, History, Adventure, War In The Bridge on the River ...

As he drops into an escape tunnel in the classic World War II film "Stalag 17," Oscar-winning movie star William Holden advises his fellow POWs that if they ever run into each other again ...

1959 ONCE GOLDEN In the 1950s, William Holden was one of America’s biggest ... (1939), then served as an Army lieutenant during World War II. He was marking time in Hollywood when Billy Wilder ...

in three Sylvester Stallone movies. William Holden was the third Hollywood star to “play” Fort Worth during World War II. Born William Franklin Beedle, he took the stage name he is known by ...