What's your favorite Charlton Heston Epic and or War Movie?

As you all know by now, last Saturday, we lost another great actor and great person in the name of: Charlton Heston; who was 84. The Week before, we lost Richard Widmark. With Hestons passing away, hollywoodland lost most of the "class" it had left. :-(

My list is subject to change-as it would be if I had to choose a favorite John Wayne movie-simply because I liked every one of Charlton Hestons movies (as I also do for Dukes movies)

Right now, my top choice for a war movie, would have to be: 55 Days At Peking. Based on the actual events and was not too fictional of an account of the Chinese Boxer-rebels besieging the City of Peking during the Boxer Rebellion.

Another reason I like this one so much, is because of the excellent cast including: Harry Andrews, David Niven, Kurt Kaznar and Ava Gardner.

An honorable mention for favorite war movie is: The Buccanneer-also w/ Yul Brynner.

My most favorite Charlton Heston Epic is the Cecil B. DeMille remake of his earlier version of: The Ten Commandments. This movie as well, had one heck of a fine cast including: Yul Brynner as Ramses Son, Yvonne DeCarlo as Moses Wife and Edward G. Robinson.

Charlton Heston is one actor, that I will miss as much as I do John Wayne, James Cagney, Robert Mitchum, Errol Flynn, and too many others to list.

 

Must say during my youth I saw the The Ten Commandments, and it truly had an effect...at least it comes to my mind first...

Here´s a nice site:

Classic Movies

 

Me too Kai!

Gotta be The Ten Commandments!
great movie!! great story!

 

The Ten Commandments, but I never miss a chance to watch The Agony and The Ectasy, but then I'm an artist. So both movies touch my mind and heart. Ben Hur also is one of the great movies.

 

Thanks Lady & Gents,

Michelle, I too thought Ben-Hur was an awsome movie. Heston's Chariot race is one of the most famous scenes in movie history-and is second only to John Waynes introduction scene in: Stagecoach.

I've only seen a few minutes of The Agony and the Ecstacy-but don't remember much about it.

BTW, I saw yesterday, that WalMart was (at least in my area) several Heston films for sale including: El Cid, The Ten Commandments, Arrowhead and Ben-Hur. Heston is being spotlighted-I guess due to his being called home to the Lord.

 

Yes, I too could not really get used to Edward G. Robinson being in the movie but, he's still cool to watch. Yvonne De Carlo also never looked so beautiful. When I was a yonker, I had a crush on her-actually met her when she was touring with the play: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. I met her when she came off stage and walked with her to the front door of the Universary Auditorium. Like a numb-skull, I forgot to ask her for her autograph. However, I do remember asking her a few questions about being on The Munsters.

BTW, she worked with Duke in one of his movies-which was: McLintock. John Waynes Son Patrick, played the part of her son in the movie.

 

I just remembered another favorite of mine!

The Omega Man!

 

Hi Scott, that is a good movie but has been many years since I last saw it. I remember watching it on TV many years ago and being much younger-and I remember having nightmares that night.

 

Ben Hur and Ten Commandments vie for number one in my list of Heston films. Next would be El Cid followed by Omega Man.


I haven't seen the original Planet of the Apes except for stills of the last scene. My buddies tell me it should be in my list.

Some part of me wishes that it was Heston instead of Kirk Douglas who was in the Final Countdown. Heston's presence there would have made it a better film.