Product: Verboten! [VHS] (1959)
Rating: 4.0
Romance torn by war, great direction by Fuller
James Best plays the last soldier left in a German villiage raided by Allied Forces during World War II. He is wounded and nursed to health by a native (Susan Cummings) whose brother is still loyal to a local Nazi group. The couple falls in love and wants to get married, but it is forbidden by Best's commanding officer. Including some gritty footage of Nazi death camps and a daring rescue by Best of his girlfriend's brother from a burning train, this is one of Samuel Fuller's most underrated films. It was produced after RKO Radio Pictures had closed in 1956, sold to Desi Arnaz and General Tire and Rubber Company. There's an unforgettable opening scene, a shootout to the tune of Bethoven's 5th Symphony.