Air Devils

Starring:Larry J. Blake, Dick Purcell, Beryl Wallace, Mamo Clark, Charles Brokaw, Minerva Urecal, Forbes Murray, Paul Sutton, LeRoy Mason, Al Kikume, Michael Visaroff, Billy Wayne, Donald Kerr, Glenn Strange, George Lloyd, Lynton Brent, Frederick Burton, Carleton Young, Chester Gan, Martin Garralaga
Director: John Rawlins
Studio: Alpha Video
Product Type: DVD

The Green Devils: German Paratrooper Elite 1942-1945

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The Green Devils: German Paratrooper Elite 1942-1945
Starring: Green Devils: German Paratrooper Elite 1942-45
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The Green Devils: The German Paratrooper Elite 1933-1941
German Jets & V-1 and V-2 Flying Bombs
Stug III & IV - Assault Guns
Tiger: Heavy Tank Panzer VI
German Support Aircraft & Gliders

ASIN: B000AQKV62
Release Date: 2005-09-27

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The Green Devils were the 'fallschirmjaeger' (paratrooper) arm of the Luftwaffe and were to see extensive service in both air-dropped and ground roles, through to the war's end in 1945. However, by 1942, fated by Hitler's judgment that the days of large paratrooper operations had already passed, the Green Devils were to see out the rest of the war serving primarily as elite ground troops. This program shows their operations in North Africa through to East Prussia and the borders of Germany in 1944-45, as well as in the theatres of Italy and Normandy. It also includes operations by paratroopers in the East where they are seen taking on Soviet T-34s using `Panzerschreck' anti-tank weapons and on the borders of Germany in the opening months of 1945.

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Air Devils
Starring: Larry J. Blake , Dick Purcell , Beryl Wallace , Mamo Clark , and Charles Brokaw
Director: John Rawlins
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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ASIN: B0001DMXN8
Release Date: 2004-03-23

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To enjoy for historic reasons only........2007-06-16

A frail and melodramatic plot can be set aside by the viewer during this early sound film, while enjoying the rather incongruous musical interludes which occur in sporadic fashion. Edmund Burns is featured in the role of Richard Charters, an innocent but convicted man who escapes from a penitentiary and makes his way to the local waterfront, where he stows away upon a treasure hunting crew's sailing vessel schooner. Since he is soon discovered and half the crew is mutinous, complications rapidly occur, generally involving the ship captain's daughter Ann, played by a sturdy Molly O'Day, and her pet monkey. Although one must take this lightweight work in the spirit with which it is made, there are enjoyable moments, in particular those which include craggy-faced Walter Long, the ship's first mate and villain of the piece.

Pleasant li'l B-Movie.......2004-11-15

A pre-war South Sea Island is policed by a legion of ex-servicemen who were stationed there and returned to live after their stints were up. The girls are beautiful, the weather is gorgeous (or vice versa) and the only trouble is from a local gangster. Well, and some of the ex-GIs raise a little hell themselves from time to time.

Enter our heroes, "Slats" (Dick Purcell) and "Horseshoe" (Larry Blake). Ex-pilots and once fast friends, they've become rivals for the hand of the same woman (Mamo Clark of MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY). They take turns playing horrific pranks and getting each other busted down from Sergeant to Private. When the General's girlfriend (Minerva Urecal at her most annoying) shows up, much to the General's dismay, they take turns foisting her on each other to babysit. Oh, and the aforementioned gangster (see previous paragraph) has some ideas of his own for our brave men in khaki.

A tidy little B-movie from Universal, AIR DEVILS was directed by John Rawlins. Rawlins, who like many B-level directors worked his way up from the editing room, had a long but not especially distinguished career, unless you consider Dead End Kids serials and DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME to be distinguished.

This movie isn't very distinguished either, except for one scene that's a gem and worth watching the whole movie to see: Slats and Horseshoe step into an alley behind a dance hall to "settle this once and for all," but before a punch can be thrown, the MPs descend on `em. Well, there's a strict new rule against fighting, and so our boys quickly tell the MPs that they were just practicing a new dance from the states, called "the Big Apple". The MPs demand to see the new dance, and so Mr. Purcell and Mr. Blake are reluctantly forced to jitterbug together to the grand amusement of the constabulary. The scene is hilarious, and worth the five bucks or so you'll pay for the Alpha DVD.

Speaking of Alpha, when you review their product, everybody wants to know how bad the quality is. Well, in this case, it's actually quite good.

AIR DEVILS is not a film I'll watch very much over the years, but I sure got a kick out of watching the dance scene, and I'm recommending it for that.

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