Screaming Eagles

1956
Approved
1h 19m

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5.8/10

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Drama War

"Screaming Eagles" is a historical drama about paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division fighting during the D-Day Invasion in June of 1944. The title was the Division's nickname."Screaming Eagles" is a historical drama about paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division fighting during the D-Day Invasion in June of 1944. The title was the Division's nickname."Screaming Eagles" is a historical drama about paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division fighting during the D-Day Invasion in June of 1944. The title was the Division's nickname.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

344

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
The uniforms and equipment the U.S. paratroopers wear in the film are fairly realistic for the D-Day period, including the white "card suit" markings the 101st Airborne Division used on the sides of their helmets to identify sub-units in the Division. The paratrooper's helmets in the film carry the heart suit of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment.

Goofs
The beginning of the movie with the opening credits shows paratroopers jumping from C-119 Flying Boxcar transport aircraft. The first C-119 made its initial flight in November 1947, over 3 years after the period the movie depicts, (June 1944)

Quotes
Lt. Pauling: Whatever you find, don't try any fighting alone. Ya Got that? We do our fighting together.

Connections
Referenced in Weekend Warriors (1986)

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5/10

B-level

In June 1944, the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne is stationed in England. Mason is the outcast after his drunken rampage. They are dropped into Normandy on D-Day to take an important bridge. They are soon lost in the chaos. They capture German soldiers with French girl Marianne doing the translating.

The action style is pretty old fashion. It's about a dozen B-actors and the only one I recognize is Robert Blake. Some of the plot is questionable. It takes away from the realism. Of course, the action is not always the most real. This is a simple old fashion war movie. The scale is not that grand. Most of the characters are non-dimensional. The most infuriating is that the soldiers talk too loudly and too often in enemy territories. It's in line with most B level war movies.