Just a couple of years after the Second World War, John Wayne starred in Sands of Iwo Jima, a movie reenacting it ... recreated in Wayne’s World War 2 classic, with the actual flag on loan ...

but his World War 2 films are not to be confused with the ones starring Hollywood’s original Steve McQueen, who would have been 95 today. The movie legend, who died aged 50 in 1980, was best ...

In 1964, John Frankenheimer's American-French production The Train first hit cinemas and was nominated for the Best Screenplay Oscar. The World War 2 movie was set in August 1944 and followed ...