"The Thin Red Line" (1964) - Classic WW2 Pacific Combat Movie

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8 ай бұрын

Just after getting married, Pvt. Doll (Keir Dullea) is shipped out to battle during World War II. Once there, he decides to do whatever it takes to survive the war, even disregarding orders. This attitude rankles his commanding officer, tough veteran Sgt. Welsh (Jack Warden). After Doll makes his first kill of a Japanese soldier, he starts becoming a violent fighter, responsible for many enemy deaths. Despite their differences, Welsh and Doll start working together to survive their mission.
Based on the novel "The Thin Red Line" by James Jones (New York, 1962) - It draws heavily on Jones's experiences at the Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse during World War II's Guadalcanal campaign. The author served in the United States Army's 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division.
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@MCOult 8 ай бұрын

Jack Warden was one of the greatest character actors of the 20th century, and he was one-of-a-kind.

@RaymondGoettler 8 ай бұрын

Great movie😮

@mikemartinez7433 4 ай бұрын

In the case of 'Used Cars' he was 2 of kind playing both the good Used Car dealer, and his evil twin brother trying to get a hold of his lot.

@brentinnes5151 4 ай бұрын

Very underrated as well, he was brilliant in this...The Verdict he was also great

@nadinejoyce1203 3 ай бұрын

Loved him as Paul Newman s sidekick in The Verdict!

@JohnDavis-yz9nq 3 ай бұрын

I first saw Jack Warden in a TV series back in the sixties. The wackiest ship in the army was the name of it. Not to be confused with the movie. I loved the man ever since the TV series. The tv series didn’t last but one season. I was disappointed when they took it off the air. I remember that Warden played the role of Major Simon Butcher. Garry Collins also stared in the series.

@4Tugboats 5 ай бұрын

I saw this movie in a theater on Okinawa at Fort Buckner in 1964.

@user-qy8ld8du1u 8 ай бұрын

Jack Warden was an excellent actor. He was a paratrooper. He missed the D-Day Landings bcz he broke his leg in a training accident. It probably saved his life.

@billhobbs7077 7 ай бұрын

liked Warden as Artie Lange and Norm McDonald's dad in "Dirty Work"

@davidscott3820 5 ай бұрын

My uncle was a b-17 gunner/crew chief when his appendix broke and he missed d-day, my dad also a ww2 vet said it probably saved his life.

@Picasso_305 5 ай бұрын

Ahead of its time in 1964. Remember first seeing it in 1969 when I was 16 and never forgot it. Another great movie similar to this is the 1956 *Between Heaven and Hell".

@N0cturnalAnimaL 3 ай бұрын

Wow that’s incredible thank you for sharing. Have you seen the 90s version and how do you think it compares?

@bobnewton545 8 ай бұрын

I was 15 when this movie was released. I rememberd the title. I viewed it then but 59 years is a long time ago. The only scene that seemed familar was when the 45 pistol was stolen. It was all new to me at this late date. It is an excellent film. No fake flaming explosions.

@stevemartin6144 8 ай бұрын

I was only 7 years old when this came out. I have heard about it all my life but never was able to see it until now. Classic! Thank you!!!

@AlfonsoCaballero-sm3sb 8 ай бұрын

H 1:08:14 @@stevemartin6144 j LL lol

@ronaldjones5290 6 ай бұрын

I WAS 12 THEN

@rhunter762i 5 ай бұрын

For a stolen pistol, SOMEBODY has serialized records. Then there would be a "health and welfare" shakedown, and whoever was found with it, would get a Court-Martial BBQ. But, of course, this was 24hrs prior to landing.

@darkmoon69ful 3 ай бұрын

Sadly, many of our soldiers past/present/and otherwise have crossed that line and some struggled and managed to come back but, unfortunately, many many more are still fighting and struggling. May God have mercy on your souls.❤❤❤

@BeachsideHank 4 ай бұрын

"Open the pod bay door HAL." “I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that,”

@tedthesailor172 8 ай бұрын

Surprisingly brutal and candid movie for its vintage. Many thanks for sharing...

@JoeAmarone 4 ай бұрын

Seen this at 8yrs.old in 1964.Thanks this is my 2nd viewing in2024

@markhirsch1782 4 ай бұрын

Ya,I was 6 at that time it blew some dust of some old memories!

@Medietos 3 ай бұрын

Weren't you a bit too young to watch a war film, didn't your parents (or responsible one) reckon?

@RaoulDuke-bc1pm 3 ай бұрын

@@MedietosI was also born in 1956 and "Combat" was one of the top rated television programs of the day. A couple of years later, "The Rat Patrol" was another WWII-based program shown during prime time. My parents were college educated (Princeton and Wake Forest) and they sent both of their children to college. They were the absolute opposite of irresponsible and allowed us to watch those programs. On a side note, youngsters of that era did something that is rarely accomplished in this day and age...they grew up. If you shield your children from reality...they will never learn to deal with reality. In summation...exactly WHO is the irresponsible parent?

@xxxxxx-tq4mw 6 ай бұрын

Part 2 of James Jones’s trilogy, part 1 being from 1951s, "Here to Eternity." Had James Jones not waited until 1962 to release Thin Red Line, i’d have liked to see Burt Lancaster continue as SFC Milton Warden, but then Jack Warden did an excellent job in this movie as SFC Ed Welsh.

@theresters1 4 ай бұрын

GREAT MOVIE, I AM 74 YO AND HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS ONE!!

@49558201 2 ай бұрын

the New one is a classic !

@pauleandersonmusic 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting. Closer to the book in tone than the remake. I recommend reading the book by James Jones. His books are worth your time reading.

@4Tugboats 5 ай бұрын

Everyone should have recognized that Dahl was in 2001 A Space Odyssey, and 2010 as well.

@j.dunlop8295 4 ай бұрын

"The army doesn't pay you to stand around and sweat!" It's absolutely what most soldiers do! Wait, hurry up and wait some more!

@markpaul-ym5wg Ай бұрын

That's because armies attack on a wide front,perhaps 100 miles wide.So,they wait until every unit is in line prepared to attack at the same time.

@Whitegorillaboy 8 ай бұрын

Full of actors NOBODY has ever heard of except for the two top billed. Clearly produced on the thinnest of red lines.

@ernestroot8905 8 ай бұрын

Far better than the remake. Thank you.

@donniemayer 8 ай бұрын

I really liked and still do these B&W war movies, grew up with them and they're still awesome 👌 Jack Wardon was a great actor most def👍 👍 👍 good flick 👏wanted to add, Combat is still a really good show.....

@sazure2 8 ай бұрын

Prior he was a WW2 paratrooper! Amazing history and great actor!

@jamesalexander3530 7 ай бұрын

when I returned to the US after 15 years of being raised in Bolivia, I could no longer speak English (though born in Washington DC). My mom forced me to watch TV to improve my language skills, it's when I planted myself to watch Combat, Boris Karloff, Alfred Hitchcock, Mr. Ed, and Leave it to Beaver, endlessly. Sure enough in one year, I mastered conversational English though with an accent. Thanks, mom!

@user-qy8ld8du1u 5 ай бұрын

To David Scott. I am 4 ur family that ur father and uncle both survived the war. My grandfather, and his brother, both landed on Utah Beach. They both survived the war. My dad fought in Korea and survived. I served in the USAF during the Cold War in Europe. I was there 4 the Russian Invasion of Afghanistan, and the Iranian Hostage Crisis. My neighbor was a machine gunner on the hostage rescue mission. He told me he bad things went out there. Anyway, TU vy much 4 ur reply. Hope U and ur family had a vy Merry Xmas, and a vy Happy New Year. God bless U and ur family, and all of America's vets. Especially the vets of the Greatest Generation. Whether they R still with us here, or in heaven.❤😊

@thomaslitwinski3903 4 ай бұрын

Awesome....This film is way better than the HBO remake.

@roubini74 5 ай бұрын

IF only this film has colour. i was born 10 yrs after the release of this film but still i love it.

@tscully1504 22 күн бұрын

I only saw this once before 40+ years ago. Great to see it again. Thanks

@maytagmark2171 7 ай бұрын

This is the first film where I see the near proper procedure for the application of the dog tag after death.

@dalethornton7858 8 ай бұрын

Great moviel! Jack Warden at his best.Also Keir Dullea great performance! This is so much better than the 90s remake.Loved it ! ! !👍😎

@dorothycolumbare9140 7 ай бұрын

It's hard for me to find that I never saw this movie before and the message behind The Thin Red Line .❤

@aaronishii5874 5 ай бұрын

I thought it meant the Scottish infantry before this movie

@kevinjohnson-lf3kj 3 ай бұрын

Nice of the Lt Colonel to drive his Jeep right down to the front lines.. Roads must have been just laid.

@davidscott3820 5 ай бұрын

I read the book, the movie is true to Mr jones' work. Thanks for showing it.

@bobwilson758 8 ай бұрын

Good movie ! I am not sure how I missed this one - Good stuff !

@geetee7154 4 ай бұрын

I am a fan of the 1998 version, I didn't know there was an original, I thought I had seen just about every war film made😊

@unbreakable7633 Ай бұрын

The book by James Jones is superior in every way.

@youaregodspursuit 6 ай бұрын

I was 17 and saw this at a drive in... wonderful now as then.

@user-vf8fb7dh1n 6 ай бұрын

Was there internal devices at the time

@toddjohnston4788 8 ай бұрын

Classic, thanks for sharing 😊

@Jim-Tuner 4 ай бұрын

This is somehow a way better film than the version by Terrence Malick in 1998. Among other things, this film actually respects the source material rather than ignoring it entirely as Malick did. It also tries to actually tell a story rather than be an exercise in empty visual art. The art direction is somehow better than Malick's film as well in spite of having a fraction of his budget.

@sturdevantphotography5726 4 ай бұрын

LOL This isn't better in any conceivable way

@tlt3921 4 ай бұрын

It is far better. The 1998 version was horrible so really anything that isn't hottible is better.@@sturdevantphotography5726

@smidgens6841 8 ай бұрын

Awesome movie! Thanks

@micktschirpig8343 4 ай бұрын

Absolute brilliant movie!!

@umasankarpal6958 4 күн бұрын

Excellent movie!!!

@Medietos 3 ай бұрын

Shall we get to watch "Gone With the Wind here some day soon? That would be quite The Feast!

@kevinjohnson-lf3kj 3 ай бұрын

Looks like it was filmed at Fort Polk Louisiana...Garden spot of A I T !!!

@gooseone8245 8 ай бұрын

The Old Hollywood is amazing❤

@DG-wu7ke 3 ай бұрын

One of the very few Post WWII movies that were produced within 10yrs of wars end. I hope more gems are discovered in time to save them. There is so much history in all of these war pictures. Even the made up tales from a lot boy have little bits of history in them. How Americans tastes and tolerances changed during those years as those were the get the soldiers coming home, expansion years. It was only 5yrs after VED & VJD that the Korean War was in full swing. This movie was as much more of a "Keep the war machine running" propaganda movie than it was a "We're proud of our boys in arms that stopped fascism" movie.

@jungletunes3923 Ай бұрын

I never thought that there was an old version of Thin Red Line😮

@brianneale2006 8 ай бұрын

A Truly excellent second world warts film the Japanese were frantic fighters they preferred to die then to surrender there were a couple of men working in the factory where I worked who fought against the Japanese in Burma in the second world war I am now approaching my 80th birthday born in October 1943 a war baby

@sazure2 8 ай бұрын

Indeed! The Japenese "Kamikaze pilots" (who would volunteer for these missions) were fierce warriors and it "behooved" them to "save face" and die rather then NOT do their duty. "Hari Kari" like the "Samurai" which would "bring honor to their families and themselves and country". (I lived there for 6 mon in late 70's and the older people who went through the bombings of WW2 HATED Americans. Younger people GREAT! )

@johnrogan9420 7 ай бұрын

US marines took credit for the island victories over Japan but many US Army soldiers were involved too...this movie gave them the credit they earned with their blood and lives.ironically they switched back to usmc for the remake of this movie...a gory film with one marine being literally cut into 2 pieces but still be alive in shock!

@4Bobay 7 ай бұрын

The US Army had 21 divisions in the Pacific during World War 2. The US Marines had 6 divisions in the PTO.

@billhobbs7077 7 ай бұрын

seemed like every guy with a SAG card was involved with the remake of this film

@PvtEd 3 ай бұрын

The remake was also Army.

@aaronishii5874 5 ай бұрын

A lot better than the joke of a remake

@d888verush3 8 ай бұрын

that's a REAL field promotion

@rapierfool1 5 ай бұрын

Haven’t met a crew this nuts since Catch 22

@moiamsv6088 20 күн бұрын

Thanks you

@michaeldean1289 8 ай бұрын

A real classic, better than the 2nd version! Thanks for sharing your great video ❤

@kellyford8832 7 ай бұрын

WOW, never knew their was an "ORIGIONAL" to this movie. thank you for putting this out there your doing a service to morals among the masses, these old movies were inspiring to be good people, now what do we have... guys and girls kissing all over on tv and everywhere now so yea, i MISS these old days

@emilyarte957 4 ай бұрын

Two thumbs up and five stars!

@sudhirdeshmukh4037 6 ай бұрын

Very nicely picturise in 1964.....very good movie

@whitewolfw4623 6 ай бұрын

Awesome movie.

@trishazechel8402 5 ай бұрын

Great Movie!!

@aw8079 6 ай бұрын

Both can be good you dope. Malick made a beautiful, deeply moving film. This one looks interesting too.... Jack Warden and Dave from 2001

@jakeroberts7435 4 ай бұрын

I agree, l enjoyed the remake, never even knew of this movie

@howardbeall4144 4 ай бұрын

Dave Bowman before he became starchild

@lindafoxwood78 8 ай бұрын

Never saw this movie before. Very good military action. 🖐

@FrankLowe1949 Ай бұрын

Great movie❤❤ vicious and Wild.❤❤

@Patrick_cb 4 ай бұрын

Very good film .

@asagoodfriend 8 ай бұрын

Straight Classic!🌟

@GreganWortman-wi8nu 3 ай бұрын

Good one.

@johnstoneman5976 7 ай бұрын

A truly great movie with wonderful performances.

@TheCaptain64 8 ай бұрын

Way better than the 1999 film with the same title, that was a real drag, this is way better .

@user-kx9gb2qy4o 8 ай бұрын

One of the best war movies I have seen!

@jamesschleich629 8 ай бұрын

Point? What's point got to do with it? If these guys get too much time on their hands they're going to start thinking. That's bad Captain. That's when we're in trouble.

@peterhoulis1184 6 ай бұрын

I didnt know of this version

@lobsterlou8538 Ай бұрын

Did I really see a Black Jeep driver at about 1:00 or so? The Army was integrated at Guadalcanal in 1942? Who knew?

@martinmcglone8456 2 ай бұрын

a classic

@mikechevreaux7607 6 ай бұрын

Big Problem Keeping Their Badges Of Rank Clearly Visible For Enemy Snipers To Target 🎯 Officers.

@mikechevreaux7607 6 ай бұрын

Watch "The Mountain Road," a Seldom Seen Little Gem 💎 Of a WW2 Movie, Starring James Stewart; Based On Real Events. Also Watch, "Hell To Eternity," With Jeffrey Hunter, Also Based In True Events. Both Movies Made In 1960.

@alexsie3012 7 ай бұрын

My FIL drove a truck on Guadalcanal. He had a story about someone catching fish with dynamite. It sounded a wee bit reckless.

@markpaul-ym5wg 6 ай бұрын

What was your father in laws name? Your story sounds like my uncle,Charles roscoe stover.

@markpaul-ym5wg 6 ай бұрын

My uncles story was they would load up in a landing craft and go out with hand grenades and kill a lot of fish.He also shot 5 japs while they were smoking standing in the road when he came by driving a supply truck.

@stevemartin6144 8 ай бұрын

Is this how the nonsense about dog tags between the teeth began? Regardless, a classic movie and thank you!

@kenbadoian2476 7 ай бұрын

No, there was a notch stamped on the tags.

@johnwilletts3984 4 ай бұрын

But why call it The Thin RED Line? I’m British the Thin Red Line refers to an action in the Crimean War, when British Soldiers just two ranks deep held off the Russian Army at Balaclava.

@tlt3921 4 ай бұрын

Watch the film again..at 7:04 ..Captain says, " There is an old Midwest saying. There is only a thin red line between the sane and the mad." I thought the british were literary types. Too much Mighty Python?

@johncunningham5221 3 ай бұрын

Oo la la, pitching a tent 😂

@alexandercotte960 7 ай бұрын

Only the Dead have seen the End of War Plato.

@kenbadoian2476 7 ай бұрын

... 10/22/23 ...and here we go again.

@nickfleming3495 8 ай бұрын

Never seen dog tags in the mouth before.

@MelusiMpofu-ie3wf 8 ай бұрын

Very gud movie

@beaglepal 8 күн бұрын

1:07:00 After the explosion, is that someone's head rolling around near the bottom right hand corner of the screen???

@elred7330 4 ай бұрын

Great movie war is hell 5 stars 🌟.

@kenvanheule4094 8 ай бұрын

This movie is ten times better than the garbage remake.

@Kupferdrahtful 7 ай бұрын

You don’t mean Terrence malicks masterpiece? Surely not

@alexandercotte960 7 ай бұрын

You mean the one with Elias Koteas and Jim Caviezel? I thought that movie was quite impacting ...

@kenvanheule4094 7 ай бұрын

@@alexandercotte960 yes

@DS-uo5ie 7 ай бұрын

A whole lot of movies today are garbage!🤪

@kevinfiess4494 7 ай бұрын

@@alexandercotte960love that re-make. Outstanding cast, was pushed aside by Saving private Ryan

@bobwilson758 8 ай бұрын

Right fellas - how about some hammering cover fire ! Accurate fire , not just fire ! Shet -

@7613tom 20 күн бұрын

It still looks a Rod Sterling Twilight Zone,

@johnclarkwillcox516 6 ай бұрын

Pretty good movie - not as graphic as today's, but the story was told, and told well.

@Medietos 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this film, well-made at the set-out, not so much at the end, although exciting all through. it is hard to know who is the americans and who is their enemies at times... and not quite realistic, how easily the enemý let themselves be shot. It doesn't quite do them justice, except for their hidden camouflaged hidings.They also wouldn't omit investigating for secret hiding-places, since it was a large and dangerous enemy. And the detail of Doll losing his helmet while doing advanced steep climbing is unrealistic, because they wouldn't be a s reckless as to not to secure their life-saver helmet on. But apart from that..!: +++. I'd like to see more of inner reasoning, morality, inner combat with the higher and the lower self. Admiration to men, who manage to be jovial.

@MacPakinga-gl8bu 8 ай бұрын

😂 love this movie 🍿🎥👍

@jessejames7757 8 ай бұрын

Add a comment....

@MacPakinga-gl8bu 8 ай бұрын

@@jessejames7757 love that movie 🍿🎥👍

@tameshwarbeekham8349 7 ай бұрын

I AM MOST BLESSED FOREVER AND EVER.

@thomasmitchell7645 8 ай бұрын

Very good war movie! I much prefer this to the 1998 remake with Nick Nolte, which I never really cared for. From what I can remember of that film it told a completely different story as if they were based on two separate novels.

@steveww1507 7 ай бұрын

most definitely

@denroy3 6 ай бұрын

Self indulgent junk, not to mention incoherent.

@Jim-Tuner 4 ай бұрын

The 1998 version was written by Terrence Malick. He largely ignored the novel in favor of his own ideas.

@ahmadtarmizimradzi3263 19 күн бұрын

What happened that night is horrible.

@PlasmaCoolantLeak 7 ай бұрын

Keir Dullea was Dave Bowman in "2001: A Space Odyssey."

@user-fu8vn7xo6c 3 ай бұрын

Does Keir Dullea always play parts that are kinda lost in space?

@johnrogan9420 7 ай бұрын

Keir Dullea

@kevinjohnson-lf3kj 3 ай бұрын

Very sad that Nobody noticed the 10 Machine Gun nests underneath the Hootches...Blind ass Army guys

@mercenarymike1397 8 ай бұрын

Is that James Cann, at 55.48.. The soldier screaming so loudly...???

@phillipgowdy3218 7 ай бұрын

This movie may have helped perpetuate the myth that the notch in the edge of the GI Dog Tag was to aid in affixing one of the tags in the deceased’s mouth as with 1st Sgt. Jack Warden’s character in the cave scene near the end. The notch was actually for locating the Dog Tag blank on the embossing machine when the tag was prepared prior to issue.

@brunodesamber5714 2 ай бұрын

Very. Good. Classic. 👌👍🫶

@abeak1943 6 ай бұрын

Great movie! Worthless level of commercials.

@andrewfrancis4462 8 ай бұрын

Gave up on this about 30 minutes into it. There was a much better film with the same title made in 1998.

@joselopezmoya9786 3 ай бұрын

This must be a B movie. I never heard of any of these actors except for JACK WARDEN.

@afshinlachinani5454 3 ай бұрын

I don't know if this movie was based on a true event or not but seems to me the Americans could destroy all those Japanese targets remotely by firing different projectiles as well as by conducting air raids without leaving so heavy casualties of their troops.

@sazure2 8 ай бұрын

The HORRORS soilders see and are somehow supposed to put into a place that allows them do "function". The saddest aspect of war Veterans, is that when IF they return home they are somehow supposed to "act normal", fit in. Father WW2, Korea (always ranted on about the war - abusive), Vietnam (my generation) a horrific event where those drafted had no choice and the ""Fonda et al" disgrace. I knew many who IF they came back were never never able to get back to "solid base".

@lobsterlou8538 Ай бұрын

music reminds me of BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI. Just saying.