Actors: Lee Marvin, Bonar Colleano, Richard Kiley, Dickie Moore
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Eight Iron Men
A small platoon of eight American soldiers led by a Sgt., Joe, is hold-up in a half-bombed building.
During a routine three man patrol, one of the soldiers, Small, gets pinned down in a foxhole by a machine gun in a pill box.
Sgt. Joe asks the Captain for permission to take out the pill box, which is the only way to get to Small and retrieve him, but the Capt. refuses to risk their lives.
While they wait for their replacements one of the men, Collucci, regales them with tales of his womanizing. Another of the men, Coke, is going stir crazy worrying about Small.
Coke finally convinces Joe to disregard the Captain's orders and go after Small. Joe, Coke and another man, Muller, take a morter and fire several rounds, but are unsuccessful in destroying the pill box. Defeated, they return to the building and prepare to pull back.
Amidst the confusion, Collucci sneaks out. With luck, he's able to maneuver colse enough to the pill box to destroy it with a grenade. He retrieves Small and brings him back.
The rest of the men are relieved to see Small alive. However, they all get mad at him when they discover that he was in the foxhole sleeping, safe and comfortable while they were all worried sick.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Eight Iron Men
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 30% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Specific to
- WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- very short/crewcut (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
Setting
Europe
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
