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The Mountain Road is a 1960 war film starring James Stewart and directed by Daniel Mann. Set in China and based on the 1958 novel of the same name by journalist-historian Theodore H. White, the film follows the attempts of a U.S. Army major to destroy bridges and roads potentially useful to the Japanese during World War II. White's time covering China for Time magazine during the war led to an interview with former OSS Major Frank Gleason Jr., who served as head of a demolition crew that inspired the story and film. Gleason was later hired as an uncredited technical consultant for the film.

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  • Commando de destruction (The Mountain Road) est un film américain réalisé par Daniel Mann, sorti en 1960. (fr)
  • The Mountain Road is a 1960 war film starring James Stewart and directed by Daniel Mann. Set in China and based on the 1958 novel of the same name by journalist-historian Theodore H. White, the film follows the attempts of a U.S. Army major to destroy bridges and roads potentially useful to the Japanese during World War II. White's time covering China for Time magazine during the war led to an interview with former OSS Major Frank Gleason Jr., who served as head of a demolition crew that inspired the story and film. Gleason was later hired as an uncredited technical consultant for the film. The film is a rather somber treatment of World War II and includes themes that were taboo for Hollywood during the war years, such as tensions between allies and racism among American troops. The protagonist is a frustrated and morally conflicted U.S. officer unsure about the value of his mission. For these reasons, The Mountain Road is often labeled as anti-war, but it was made with the cooperation of the Pentagon, and it is much more respectful of the military as an institution than are the well-known anti-war films of the 1960s and 1970s. As a World War II combat veteran, Stewart had vowed never to make a war film, concerned they were rarely realistic. The Mountain Road was the only war movie set during World War II in which he starred as a combatant. Stewart, however, had been featured in a wartime short, Winning Your Wings (1942) and in a civilian role in Malaya (1949). Harry Morgan, another cast member in The Mountain Road, later said he believed that Stewart made an "exception for this film because it was definitely anti-war." (en)
  • Tempesta sulla Cina (The Mountain Road) è un film statunitense del 1960 diretto da Daniel Mann. È un film di guerra con protagonisti James Stewart, Lisa Lu e Glenn Corbett basato sul romanzo The Mountain Road di e incentrato sui tentativi dell'esercito degli Stati Uniti di distruggere ponti e strade potenzialmente utili ai giapponesi durante la seconda guerra mondiale. (it)
  • Explosivt uppdrag (originaltitel: The Mountain Road) är en amerikansk krigsfilm från 1960 med James Stewart och Lisa Lu. Filmen regisserades av . (sv)
  • The Mountain Road (bra: O Homem Que Destrói) é um filme estadunidense de 1960, do gênero drama de guerra, dirigido por , com roteiro de baseado no livro The Mountain Road, de . (pt)
  • Дорога в горах — драма 1960 року. (uk)
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  • Commando de destruction (The Mountain Road) est un film américain réalisé par Daniel Mann, sorti en 1960. (fr)
  • Tempesta sulla Cina (The Mountain Road) è un film statunitense del 1960 diretto da Daniel Mann. È un film di guerra con protagonisti James Stewart, Lisa Lu e Glenn Corbett basato sul romanzo The Mountain Road di e incentrato sui tentativi dell'esercito degli Stati Uniti di distruggere ponti e strade potenzialmente utili ai giapponesi durante la seconda guerra mondiale. (it)
  • Explosivt uppdrag (originaltitel: The Mountain Road) är en amerikansk krigsfilm från 1960 med James Stewart och Lisa Lu. Filmen regisserades av . (sv)
  • The Mountain Road (bra: O Homem Que Destrói) é um filme estadunidense de 1960, do gênero drama de guerra, dirigido por , com roteiro de baseado no livro The Mountain Road, de . (pt)
  • Дорога в горах — драма 1960 року. (uk)
  • The Mountain Road is a 1960 war film starring James Stewart and directed by Daniel Mann. Set in China and based on the 1958 novel of the same name by journalist-historian Theodore H. White, the film follows the attempts of a U.S. Army major to destroy bridges and roads potentially useful to the Japanese during World War II. White's time covering China for Time magazine during the war led to an interview with former OSS Major Frank Gleason Jr., who served as head of a demolition crew that inspired the story and film. Gleason was later hired as an uncredited technical consultant for the film. (en)
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  • Tempesta sulla Cina (it)
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  • Дорога в горах (uk)
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