16 Feb The Secret Invasion
The Secret Invasion, WWII Movie starring Stewart Granger, Edd Byrnes, and Mickey Rooney
(1964) This WWII movie will remind you of The Dirty Dozen, made three years later. A member of British Intelligence (Stewart Granger) recruits five talented prisoners to go with him on a mission to Yugoslavia to rescue an Italian General imprisoned by the Nazis.
I enjoyed watching Mickey Rooney’s antics as an Irish demolitions expert. Edd Byrnes (Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb and very popular at the time) was the forger. He was just a little too perfect for this role. Even after he had been tortured by the Nazi’s and thrown back into his cell, Edd’s signature hair-do was perfectly in place.
The gorgeous locale in Yugoslavia was the best part of the movie.
I found myself fast forwarding at the end. Always a bad sign.
The Secret Invasion at amazon.com
virginia white
Posted at 00:12h, 11 Julyi have never seen this film but i would like to as i am a great fan of stewart granger. i always have since i was a teenager. i sure had a crush on him when i was a teenager so maybe one of these days it will appear on tv so i can. sincerely virginia