D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
A bit of a mixed bag for me, this is only a film about D-Day during the final twenty minutes the rest of the film is a talky romantic war time melodrama in which Dana Wynter falls for American officer Robert Taylor whilst her husband to be, Richard Todd, is out in Africa fighting.
There's not really enough going on here and it seems they came up with a subplot about a maverick colonel (Edmund O'Brien) to use up several minutes and attempt to up the general interest in what is a pretty anemic war film. Hanover Street (1979) managed the love triangle and war story so much better.
Having said that the action when it finally happens is nicely done with the final scenes surprising to say the least.
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