alizarin1 wrote:


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Middle 12 wrote:


 And finally, if you really want to see a good-live action Sgt. Rock, the 1960's COMBAT series is available on DVD.



I remember watching Combat on television back then thinking the same thing. But that's probably even closer to the truth than you may realize, primarily as far as the time frame is concerned.  For my money, the best opportunity for mounting a truly classic cinematic adaptation of Sgt. Rock was during the early to mid-1960s; the era of big budget A-list war pictures like The Longest Day and The Guns of Navarone. Highly unlikely in the extreme, I know, but that would have been ideal.  For in addition, the other main reason for choosing that decade is that the perfect major film star was available in his prime to fill the title role.



Which would be Robert Mitchum...


 


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That's Sgt. Rock right there.




 




You got it.
I always thought, in fact, that Mitchum looked as if he'd been drawn by Kubert.

Ah, the meek. Playing the long game.
Sneaky bastards.

--Denise Mina, Field of Blood