D-Day, The Sixth Of June
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In this electrifying film, Robert Taylor portrays Captain Brad Parker, an American officer on the front lines on June 6. 1944, D-Day, when 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes and 4,000 ships will come together to invade Normandy and determine the world's future. And since Parker and his commander (Richard Todd) are in love with the same woman (Dana Wynter), the day's fighting will also determine which of the two men can return home to her. Also featuring Edmund O'Brien, D-Day The Sixth Of June is a moving story of courage and sacrifice both on and off the battlefield. |
This stirring and well-played romantic drama set at the time of the Normandy landings in 1944 is unusual for a film made in the 1950s in that it shows the personal problems of officers actually encroaching on their work. Robert Taylor stars as the American serviceman who recalls his affair with Dana Wynter while her fiancé Richard Todd was fighting in Africa. Aside from the familiar “us-and-them” scenario and the “stiff-upper-lip” heroics of the D-Day invasion, the many pluses of this movie include some fine acting and spectacular action sequences.