Between Heaven and Hell 1956 123movies

Watch: Between Heaven and Hell 1956 123movies, Full Movie Online – Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was mobilized with his National Guard unit as a sergeant. Came the day when, revolted by the cowardice of his lieutenant, who had fired at his own men, he hit him. Downgraded, he was sent to a disciplinary battalion. Sam now discovers his new detachment, his new commanding officer, just another cowardly brute, Captain Waco Grimes. While in combat, Sam will gradually become closer to the privates, working-class people he used to despise. He will become another man, a better man..
Plot: Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was mobilized with his National Guard unit as a sergeant. Came the day when, revolted by the cowardice of his lieutenant, who had fired at his own men, he hit him. Downgraded, he was sent to a disciplinary battalion. Sam now discovers his new detachment, his new commanding officer, just another cowardly brute, Captain Waco Grimes. While in combat, Sam will gradually become closer to the privates, working-class people he used to despise. He will become another man, a better man.
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Surprisingly good little war film
Before he started making huge, bloated, disastrously money-losing films in the ’60s (Dr. Doolittle, Che, et al.), director Richard Fleischer was responsible for some good, tight well-made little B pictures. “The Narrow Margin” and “Armored Car Robbery” in the early ’50s were outstanding film-noir classics, made for very little money. Fleischer made this in the period between his low-budget black-and-white thrillers and his ’60s monstrosities, and it’s a good one. Robert Wagner is the callow, spoiled rich son of a Southern landowner whose National Guard unit is suddenly activated during World War II and sent to the Pacific to fight the Japanese. Wagner finds himself in the same company with the sharecroppers and tradespeople he scorned back home, and is sent to a base run by a power-mad, vengeful officer who treats his troops the same way Wagner treated his ” ‘croppers” back home.

This is one of Wagner’s better performances. Unlike many of his earlier films, Wagner doesn’t try to get by on his good looks and youthful charm; he turns in a first-rate performance here, as do most of the cast. Broderick Crawford as Wagner’s crazed commander doesn’t quite fit the part, and Skip Homeier–usually a solid, reliable character actor–goes a bit overboard as one of Crawford’s goons, but Buddy Ebsen, as one of Wagner’s sharecroppers who turns out to be his best friend, L.Q. Jones and Tod Andrews are fine in pivotal parts, and Fleischer stages some exciting battle scenes. Altogether, a well-made, exciting little B picture from 20th Century Fox–a bit garish in Technicolor (black and white would have been more effective)–but well worth your time to see it. Highly recommended.

Modest, Flawed but Tough, With One Disturbing Implication.
Philadelphia-born Broderick Crawford makes an unlikely Texan and–wisely–does not try to sound like someone from Waco. But “Waco” is the nickname by which the soldiers in ‘G’ company are ordered to address him, never “Sir” or “Captain”. You see, he doesn’t want enemy snipers targeting him–a prudent precaution. However, this officer also is afraid, paranoid in fact, that one of his own men might decide to kill him. Accordingly, any soldier entering Company HQ must leave his weapon outside, and the Company commander is escorted at all times by two enlisted bodyguards armed with Thompson submachine guns.

These two blond pretty boys apparently lead a privileged life and they may be more than just bodyguards. They sit languidly about in the grass shack, fondling their weapons and dressed in skimpy and tight-fitting undershirts–every other character in the wartime part of film wears full combat dress. In an early scene, after a typically harsh interview with a replacement soldier, the C.O. is seen retiring to his private quarters in the company of one of these bodyguards. And when that man is later killed in a surprise mortar attack, the gruff, veteran officer is said to have wept! A point is also made of the captain being unmarried.

The script of this film is run of the mill. Crawford gets all the memorable lines.

The state park in Calabassas, California looks nothing like a South Pacific island. Scenes lurch abruptly from the prewar American South to the battlefront. However, there are some really memorable performances–by a young, almost adolescent, Robert Wagner, by Buddy Ebsen and in particular by Crawford as the psychotic–and possibly perverted–company commander. Among other supporting players, Brad Dexter as a battle-hardened lieutenant disgusted by what he sees at Company HQ and not bashful about showing it, and the portrayal of an arrogant, overbearing bodyguard by the always interesting Skip Homeier merit special mention.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 34 min (94 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 1520000
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Drama, War
Director Richard Fleischer
Writer Harry Brown, Francis Gwaltney
Actors Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Bausch & Lomb Lenses (uncredited)
Laboratory DeLuxe (color by) (as De Luxe)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process CinemaScope (A CinemaScope Picture)
Printed Film Format 35 mm