Worst war films youve seen here

After siding with “Windtalkers” as worst war movie, I remembered (and shuttered at) Battle Cry / Raoul Walsh (1955). The story follows several young men who join the Marines at the start of WWII, the Big One. The tale then proceeds to chronicle their love lives. More than half of the movie takes place during training. They report, get their hair cut, get bawled out by a drill sergeant – then get passes into town. Recruit Tab Hunter (taking a role turned down by Paul Newman) has a Girl Back Home but gets down with Married Older Woman Dorothy Malone. Aldo Ray talks smack to waitresses. Other trainees get rolled by hookers and get into bar fights. Back to camp for 15 seconds of training, then back into town on furlough for more canoodling. This process continues through basic, to their first assignment in New Zealand, to combat in the South Seas. The only extended battle we see just about concludes this 2 and a half hour film.

Now, don’t confuse “Battle Cry” with “Cry Of Battle” from 1963. Both movies star Van Heflin. “Cry Of Battle” was on a double bill at the Texas Theater in the Dallas suburb of Oak Cliff on November 22, 1963. After Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed Dallas police office J.D. Tippett, he fled into the Texas Theatre without paying for a ticket. Theater management called police who showed up in just a few minutes. Oswald didn’t get to see “Cry Of Battle” but he did catch a minute or two of “War Is Hell” (1962, Burt Topper). I’ve never seen either of these war movies so can’t say if they belong on this thread. Anybody?