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Execution of Private Slovik, The (1974) (TV)
Genre:
Drama (more)
Plot Outline: The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War. (view trailer)
User Comments:
MacArthur should have been charged for war crimes.
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User Rating:
7.5/10 (197 votes)
Runtime:
120 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Sweden:15
Trivia:
The court-martial scene was filmed in the Grand Ballroom of the passenger ship and tourist attraction Queen Mary, in Long Beach, California.
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User Comments: Date: 24 June 2004 Summary: MacArthur should have been charged for war crimes.
War is a brutal business, and people are going to die. But to execute
anyone, for simply not wanting to kill or be killed to me is outright
murder. I could understand sending him to the stockades for a few months,
but to out and out order his murder just to make an example is wrong on so
many levels. Personally forcing anyone to kill or be killed is way more
cowardly than what Eddie Slovik did. Slovik, at least as far as the way the
movie presented him, while not being an angel, was a man of principals after
he left the reformatory. He never lied about his intentions, all he wanted
was a discharge. He was willing to spend time in the stockades and face
contempt most likely when he got back to the states. I liked at the end of
the movie after he was pronounced dead where Ned Beatty's charachter said
"the bravest man here today was Eddie Slovik". War is a horrible thing that
has been going on for around 5000 years, and probably will keep on for
another 5000, if we as a people don't kill ourselves and our planet
first.
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