1. "The Eagle Has Landed"
   "Tora! Tora! Tora!"
2. "The Ascent"

Balsam starred in the World War II epic, "Tora! Tora! Tora!" The well-regarded actor won an Academy Award for his role in 1965's "A Thousand Clowns."

1. "Cross of Iron"
   "Apocalypse Now"
2. "The Deer Hunter"

In "Apocalypse Now," Marlon Brando plays Col. Walter E. Kurtz, a U.S. colonel who has gone more than a bit mad. He ditches the military and becomes the leader of a remote tribe in Cambodia during the Vietnam War.

1. Franklin Schaffner
   Michael Cimino
2. Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola directed this dark movie. Coppola, of course, is known for his work with the "Godfather" series of mobster movies.

1. Gen. Bradley
   Gen. MacArthur
2. Gen. Patton

Scott played George S. Patton, the irascible man who became the bane of the Nazi Reich. Scott won the Academy Award for best actor for this role.

1. Michael Caine
   Robert DeNiro
2. Donald Sutherland

DeNiro wasn't in this film, but Caine, Sutherland and Robert Duvall all had major roles. The movie was released on Christmas in 1976.

1. "Cross of Iron"
   "A Bridge Too Far"
2. "Coming Home"

Ashby directed the enormously successful "Coming Home," a star-studded film with a budget of just $3 million. The movie took in more than $30 million at the box office.

1. World War I
   Korean War
2. Vietnam War

In "Coming Home," Jane Fonda plays a woman who falls in love with a paralyzed Vietnam War veteran named Luke (Jon Voight). Voight and Fonda both won Academy Awards for their work in this film.

1. a novel
   a comic book
2. a biography

The movie was based on a novel of the same name that was written by Cornelius Ryan. The movie was released in 1977.

1. Mediterranean
   Baltic states
2. Eastern USSR

The film is set at a base in the Mediterranean. The movie follows men who are slowly losing their grip on reality thanks to the craziness of World War II.

1. Douglas Hickox
   Richard Fleischer
2. Sam Peckinpah

Sam Peckinpah directed this World War II movie, which follows a squad of German soldiers struggling to survive on the Eastern Front.

1. Battle of Iwo Jima
   Attack on Pearl Harbor
2. Battle of Midway

"Tora! Tora! Tora!" is a dramatic retelling of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The 1970 film actually had three directors -- one American and two Japanese.

1. utter defeat
   total victory
2. complete surprise

With regard to this World War II battle, "Tora!" was a code word that the Japanese used to indicate that they'd successfully initiated the attack with complete surprise. The movie shows the attack from both Japanese and American perspectives.

1. true
2. false

1978's "Force 10 from Navarone" was a sequel to a very successful movie called "The Guns of Navarone," which was released in 1961. "Force 10" didn’t fare as well, as it made only about $7 million on a budget of $10 million.

1. 1973
   1975
2. 1978

"The Boys in Company C" was released in 1978. It follows the lives of young Marines who train together and then serve during the Vietnam War.

1. "MASH"
   "Cross of Iron"
2. "Bridge Over River Kwai"

"Breakthrough" is a sequel to "Cross of Iron." It was released in 1979 and features some of the same characters from the first movie.

1. Vietnam War
   World War II
2. Civil War

"A Bridge Too Far," follows a group of Allied soldiers who attempt to seize bridges from the Nazis. The film was directed by Richard Attenborough.

1. "Zulu Dawn"
   "A Bridge Too Far"
2. "Patton"

In "Zulu Dawn," Lancaster played a character named Col. Durnford. He was famous for his roles in movies such as "The Birdman of Alcatraz" and "Atlantic City."

1. 1941
   1953
2. 1879

"Zulu Dawn" is a movie about the British Army as it battles Zulu warriors in South Africa in 1879. The overconfident British overstretch their supply lines…and then things begin to go very, very badly for them.

1. Arizona
   Minnesota
2. Ohio

The movie was filmed mostly in Prague, along with scenes set up in Minnesota. The bizarre, scattered story follows a World War II soldier who winds up abducted by aliens.

1. Robert Duvall
   Donald Pleasence
2. Anthony Quayle

Donald Pleasence plays the role of the evil Nazi leader named Himmler. The movie revolves around a (totally make-believe) plot to kidnap British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II.

1. Sean Connery
   Burt Lancaster
2. James Caan

Lancaster didn't appear in this movie. The film featured many stars, including Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Caine, among others.

1. direction
   production
2. music

Levine was the producer for "A Bridge Too Far." He was famous for his involvement in hundreds of other movies, such as "The Producers" and "The Graduate."

1. "MASH"
   "The Eagle Has Landed"
2. "The Deer Hunter"

In "The Deer Hunter," Cazale played a steelworker named Stan, a man who returns to the U.S. after serving in Vietnam. Cazale was deathly ill during shooting. It was his last role before he succumbed to lung cancer.

1. drama
   action
2. comedy

"Kelly's Heroes" is a war comedy following a group of American soldiers who decide to go AWOL during World War II. It stars Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas and Don Rickles, as well as Donald Sutherland.

1. about $60 million
   about $20 million
2. about $10 million

"Patton" more than made back its $12 million budget. The film was a hit, earning more than $60 million.

1. director
   scriptwriting
2. cinematography

Coppola completed the script with the help of Edmund North. Much of the script's content was based on a biography titled, "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph."

1. Ohio
   Pennsylvania
2. West Virginia

The movie is a grim look at the lives of veterans who return to Pennsylvania after the war. It stars Christopher Walken, Robert DeNiro and John Savage.

1. true
2. false

"MASH" was inspired by a book titled, "MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors." The book was published in 1968, the movie followed in 1970.

1. Korean War
   World War I
2. World War II

"MASH" was a black comedy about medical personnel on the front lines of the Korean War. The film's success spawned the ultra-popular television series of the same name.

1. Bob Newhart
   Bill Cosby
2. Richard Pryor

TV funnyman Bob Newhart plays a man who goes by the moniker Major Major. The film also starred Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam and Charles Grodin.