The Young Lions

The Young Lions

Year: 1958

Runtime: 167 mins

Language: English

Director: Edward Dmytryk

ActionWarDramaWar and historical adventureMilitary combat and heroic soldiers

Irwin Shaw’s monumental best-seller The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

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