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  • And what do they have in common with an Oscar-nominated biopic like Sergeant York (1941), the Bogart and Bacall classic The Big Sleep (1945), the western Red River (1948), and an often-remade sci-fi flick, The Thing from Another World (1951) ?

    Thomas Gladysz: Howard Hawks Retrospective in Berkeley Thomas Gladysz 2012

  • Jesse had died not merely broke, but deeply in debt to the IRS over a disallowed claim from a capital gains deduction he had taken on the profits from Sergeant York.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • Ford Aerospace never fully recovered from the Sergeant York fiasco and was sold to Loral in 1989.

    Under the Gun Daniel Fisher 2010

  • First, the film is a more true to life war movie than any war film ever produced, because it lacks a central hero or martyr and it devours the traditional war epic about the solitary hero Sergeant York, Audie Murphy, etc.

    What a Great Film, Inglourious Basterds 2009

  • Reading your descriptions of him walking into the church helped me piece together some of my memories of Sergeant York.

    Sergeant York Ed Howard 2009

  • But what I wanted to say was that Sergeant York is one of the films I use as an example of when an actor sells me on a film I otherwise probably wouldn't have been too keen on.

    Sergeant York Ed Howard 2009

  • Ultimately, Sergeant York is a film at war with itself, or at least with its director.

    Sergeant York Ed Howard 2009

  • That he refused an early release and was not "broken" by his captors does not make him George Washington, Sergeant York or even Audie Murphy.

    Richard Walden: Et Tu, McCain? 2008

  • But when you consider Pride of the Yankees, Sergeant York, High Noon and about fifty other flicks, I think he made out ok.

    YesButNoButYes: YBNBY Hall of Fame: 20 questionable career moves 2007

  • Warner Home Video has announced a two-disc special edition of Sergeant York, which ordinarily wouldn't make me too enthusiastic.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2006

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