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The War Lover (1962) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Philip Leacock and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr..

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The War Lover (1962)

By Beatrice on Oct 17, 2017 From Flickers in Time

The War Lover Directed by Philip Leacock Written by Howard Koch from a novel by John Hersey 1962/UK/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation/Columbia British Productions First viewing/Netflix rental I wasn’t quite prepared for a movie where I felt like slapping Steve McQueen throughout. The story ... Read full article

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The film utilizes an oft-used storyline of the war movie genre which has two soldiers in love with the same girl.
Warren Beatty turned down the lead role.
Mike Reilly drowned after parachuting from 2000 feet into the English Channel, near Newhaven, during the filming of a stunt for the film. He was 29 years old, had more than 300 jumps, was British parachute champion and the first Chairman of the newly formed British Parachute Association.
The scene where the B-17 pilot Woodman brings his aircraft in for a wheels-up landing, and navigator Marty Lynch is killed, comes from the film Twelve O'Clock High.
The last names of the main characters in the film were slightly different from the John Hersey novel. In the novel, "Buzz" Rickson's last name was Marrow, and "Bo's" was Bowman, not Boland.
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