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Never So Few | |||
| Individually | Best Option Is DVD. It is presented in the films Original Aspect Ratio of 2.35:1 and is 16/9 Enhanced for Widescreen TV's. Features the films Original Theatrical Trailer. | As Part Of Box Set | ||
| Sinatra and McQueen. Never So Few is a Frank Sinatra movie. McQueen plays a small but significant support role. The story is about the hardships of soldiers fighting in the mountain areas of Burma during world war II. Sinatra plays their world wearied leader. Throw in a love interest for Sinatra's character (played by Gina Lollobrigida). McQueen plays a street kid from the Bronx, for whom the war is a walk in the park. Sinatra took a liking to Steve and wanted to cast him in more films, but Steve politely told him he wanted to make it as a solo star (not a part of the Sinatra Rat Pack). | ||||
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The rest of the cast. Other actors of note in this film are Charles Bronson as a surly GI, Peter Lawford as a sophisticated but tough Captain and Paul Henreid (of Casablanca fame)as a rich and corrupt business man who is also the 3rd party in a love triangle involving Sinatra and Lollobrigida's characters. Also worthy of note is actor Philip Ahn who plays the leader of the local Bhurmese militia, and Robert Bray as Sinatra's long suffering but sympathetic military boss. (Bray also had a major role in the other early McQueen film Never Love A Stranger) The film is directed by John Sturges, who also directed the later and greater McQueen film's The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape, in which of course Bronson also appeared. | ||||
Sinatra and McQueen.![]() | ||||
| I enjoyed this movie, and it was fun to see Steve in his first big budget movie.
Steve puts in a very good performance, and his on screen charisma is really starting to show. This is primarily a film geared towards Sinatra fans. I think Sinatra fans might enjoy it a lot more than I did, because Sinatra gets most of the screen time. | ||||