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Force of Arms
UNITED STATES · 1951

Force of Arms

Michael Curtiz
wartime romance Italian campaign military personnel soldier on leave romance amid conflict
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Synopsis

During the winter of 1943, the German Army halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson's platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor MacKay; initially cool, she begins to melt during a bombing raid. Their romance develops despite Joe's periodic returns to the front. But whether he'll come back in the end becomes more than doubtful.

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