Thursday, September 6, 2012

The Big Lift (1950)

Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by George Seaton
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Roan Group)

American GIs in Berlin mingle with the locals while airlifting in vital supplies of food and fuel due to a Russian blockade. Cliff Robertson falls in love with pretty Cornell Borchers, a recent widow, while Cliff's buddy Paul Douglas struggles with befriending his recent enemies. When Douglas runs into a German officer who beat him while a prisoner he can't resist taking some revenge. Douglas is also skeptical of Cliff's new girlfriend, but makes some progress in treating his own with some respect. Interesting today mainly for the vivid street scenes of Berlin in shambles a few years after the war.

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