Breakthrough

Breakthrough

You'll Cheer...the Battlin' Bozos of Company "B"!

1950 · 91 min · ★ 7.0 · War

Filmed with the full cooperation of the U.S. Army, Breakthrough is a lean, no-nonsense war film set during the 1944 invasion of the continent.

Directed by Lewis Seiler · Written by Joseph I. Breen

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