Highest-Rated Movies about 'Awol', Sort by Popularity
Edge of the City (1957), Waterloo Road (1945), Stop-Loss (2008), Arms and the Man (1958) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Awol movies.
#1. Edge of the City (1957)
Storyline: Drifter Axel North has just arrived in New York City, having traveled from city to city throughout the country. Given the name Charlie Malick as a contact by an acquaintance named Ed Faber, Axel is able to get a job working as a stevedore in Charlie's gang on the dockyards. Little did Axel know that Charlie is corrupt, requiring payola for that job, and is a racist. It is solely because of the color of his skin that Charlie hates his fellow gang boss, Tommy Tyler, a black man. It is also because he can see that Axel is a little wet behind the ears that Tommy tries to befriend him to get him out from under Charlie's thumb. Due solely to the reason that he is a drifter, Axel is slow to warm and open up to Tommy, eventually providing some basic information: that he is originally from Gary, Indiana, that his real surname is Nordmann, and that the only person he has ever really loved in his life was his older brother Andy, whose death exacerbated the already strained relationship he has with his police officer father. Axel is even slower to warm to the idea of a girlfriend, Tommy and his wife Lucy's friend Ellen Wilson who they are trying to match up with Axel. Although Axel says he is trying to find something in his life, in reality he is currently running away from a specific issue from his past. It is when Axel's past may catch up with him that he starts to return to his shell and contemplates running away as was his routine, despite having friends for the first time in a long time. An incident with Charlie and Tommy may bring all their issues to a head.—Huggo
Plot Keywords: dockworker, boss, friend, wife, manager, gritty, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. Waterloo Road (1945)
Storyline: During World War II, an Army Private hears rumors that his wife in London is becoming sweet on a smooth operator who has avoided being called up. The serviceman takes leave without permission to get to his house near Waterloo station to find out what's going on.—J-26
Plot Keywords: soldier, wife, doctor, ex-girlfriend, spirited, cheeky, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. Stop-Loss (2008)
Storyline: Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind. Then, against Brandon's will, the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq, which upends his world. The conflict tests everything he believes in: the bond of family, the loyalty of friendship, the limits of love and the value of honor.
Plot Keywords: soldier, friend, sergeant, fiancée, emotional, intense, iraq ...
Movie Details Click Here!#4. Arms and the Man (1958)
Storyline: 1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Plot Keywords: soldier, mercenary, fiancée, hero, mother, father, witty ...
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