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Fighting On Film - The War Movie Podcast. Join your hosts film lovers and military historians Robbie McGuire and Matthew Moss as they uncover forgotten gems and diamonds in the rough! Featuring special guests from the film industry and fellow historians. FoF dives deep into the genre we love so much.

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We are thrilled to bring you this special interview with Dai Bradley (Pvt Williams) and James Faulkner (Lt. Melville), ahead of the 4K re-release of 'Zulu Dawn' by Severin Films!Severin have announced that Zulu Dawn will return to UK cinemas from 13 March, with the stunning new edition, scanned in 4K from the interpositive, also scheduled for UK physical release on 25 May 2026. Find out more at www.severinfilms.comCheck out our site at www.fightingonfilm.comWe are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, we launch into the return of Merc Month! One of our favourite themed months, back for a fourth instalment, where we explore films centred around mercenaries! We kick off with 'Let's Get Harry' starring Mark Harmon, Gary Busey and Robert Duvall! Five ordinary guys from the Angus Pipe & Steel Co. set out to save their buddy with a little help from a Medal of Honor recipient! Check out our site at www.fightingonfilm.comWe are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rolling Thunder (1977) is a Neo Noir Western/Vetsploitation revenge classic, staring Willam Devane and a young Tommy Lee Jones. Vietnam veteran Major Charles (Devane) is wronged at the hands of a gang of thugs, he takes revenge in this cult classic. This episode was published originally back in December 2025 as part of our 'War Movie Adjacent' series over on our Patreon account! If you enjoy this episode you can catch up with the rest of the WMA series (and help support the show) over on the Fighting On Film Patreon - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our site at www.fightingonfilm.comWe are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week the boys discuss the legacy of the late Oscar winning actor Robert Duvall. Famed for his roles in Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, The Eagle Has Landed and Network. In a career thats started in the late 50s to the early 2020s, Duvall was one of the all time great American actors, join the boys as they talk about his war movie work, and some of their favourite non war movie roles.Check out our site at www.fightingonfilm.comWe are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we go back to the Korean War with 1960s 'All The Young Men'. A film that tackles the American Military's racial integration during the conflict. Staring screen greats such as Sidney Poitier and Alan Ladd!Check out our site at www.fightingonfilm.comWe are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Gift Horse (1952)

The Gift Horse (1952)

2026-02-1151:40

Never look a gift horse in the mouth! This week the boys look back at 1952's 'The Gift Horse' starring Trevor Howard, who commands a ship given to the Royal Navy as part as the 'Ships for British Bases' agreement of 1940. The film tells the story of an unremarkable destroyer doing its bit when it's thrust into a special role. We discuss the St Nazaire raid and also talk your favourite naval films!Check out our site at www.fightingonfilm.comWe are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
120 Bahadur (2025)

120 Bahadur (2025)

2026-02-0401:00:02

This week the boys cover '120 Bahadur' (120 Brave Hearts), an Indian production about the Battle of Rezang La during the Sino-Indian War of 1962. The film retells the battle and the medal winning bravery of Major Shaitan Singh Bahti played by Farhan Akhtar. Now available in the west on Amazon prime.Check out our site at www.fightingonfilm.comWe are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Three Kings (1999)

Three Kings (1999)

2026-01-2148:34

This week, the boys join George Clooney, Ice Cube and Mark Wahlberg at the end of the 1991 Gulf War. Stylistically interesting and with a solid script, the film begins with a heist to steal gold stolen by Saddam, but in the end the film has more to say about how the conflict concluded than many of its contemporaries.Check out our site at www.fightingonfilm.comWe are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Der Tiger (2025)

Der Tiger (2025)

2026-01-1452:53

The boys are back for the new year! With a late 2025 release 'Der Tiger' (or 'The Tank' in UK/US markets), directed by Dennis Gansel, charts the journey of a SS tank crew on a secret mission on the Ostfront in 1944. Billed by some as the German 'Fury' with a little bit of an 'Apocalypse Now' vibe thrown in and hitting the top 3 on Amazon Prime does the film hit the mark? Join Matt and Robbie to find out...We are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Small Soldiers (1998)

Small Soldiers (1998)

2025-12-1701:06:25

What happens when the military industrial complex gets involved in the toy industry and some highly advanced military microchips find there way into a new line of toys? Chaos is the answer! Join us this week for our 2025 Christmas Special as we discuss 'Small Soldiers', a 90s cult classic from director Joe Dante. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Frank Langella, some '90s stalwarts, and not forgetting members of the iconic casts of The Dirty Dozen and Spinal Tap, the film sees the Gorgonites go head to head with the Commando Elite. Robbie and Matt remember a childhood classic fondly in the last FoF episode before Christmas!We are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week the boys cover '1941', a war comedy hybrid from Steven Spielberg! A film jam packed with big names such as Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi and John Candy. They are joined by comedian Tony Cowards, to dissect this comedy caper, does it hit their funny bones? Join them to find out...We are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week we look back at the making of the 1978 classic 'The Wild Geese', Matt is joined by Tony Earnshaw whose latest book '50 Men into the Valley of the Shadow' details the making of the film, featuring interviews with the director, actors and producers. We ask Tony all those questions about the film that you've always wanted to know. Join us for this special episode!This week, we are excited to partner up with Double Diamond, courtesy of Allsopp’s brewery! Be sure to follow Allsopp’s Instagram, Facebook or X and Double Diamond beer on Instagram, to be entered into the draw to win some Double Diamond, it works wonders!We are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The hotly anticipated sequel to the now cult classic 'SISU' has just been released in cinemas, and the boys are here to give you their thoughts! Finnish Commando veteran Korpi attempts to get his disassembled house back from Soviet-controlled Finland, but the Russians are hot on his tail in this action-packed sequel!This week we are excited to partner up with Double Diamond, courtesy of Allsopp’s brewery! Be sure to follow Allsopp’s Instagram, Facebook or X and Double Diamond beer on Instagram, to be entered into the draw to win some Double Diamond, it works wonders!We are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Historian Andy Chatterton join the boys this week as they cover the 1942 Ealing classic 'Went The Day Well?'. That sees a quintessential English village beset by a covert unit of German infiltrators. We talk about the film, its themes and best bits and also pitch your listeners questions to Andy.This week we are excited to partner up with Double Diamond, courtesy of Allsopp’s brewery! Be sure to follow Allsopp’s Instagram, Facebook or X and Double Diamond beer on Instagram, to be entered into the draw to win some Double Diamond, it works wonders!We are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Partisan tells the story of the famed Polish SOE agent Krystyna Skarbek. The boys talk about the film, and director James Marquand joins us to discuss the making of the movie! They also cover your favourite resistance/partisan films...This week we are excited to partner up with Double Diamond, courtesy of Allsopp’s brewery! Be sure to follow Allsopp’s Instagram, Facebook or X and Double Diamond beer on Instagram, to be entered into the draw to win some Double Diamond, it works wonders!We are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the boys cover the late Peter Watkins' 1969 Anti-War Sci-fi hybrid, The Gladiators. A film with a great premise, but does it pull it all together to make an entertaining film? Join us to find out!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comThis week we are excited to partner up with Double Diamond, courtesy of Allsopp’s brewery! Be sure to follow Allsopp’s Instagram, Facebook or X and Double Diamond beer on Instagram, to be entered into the draw to win some Double Diamond, it works wonders!We are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week the boys return with a Show & Tell episode tackling Netflix's new 'House of Dynamite' and the 1960s police military procedural show 'Red Cap'. They also talk about your favourite Nuclear war films.Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comThis week we are excited to partner up with Double Diamond, courtesy of Allsopp’s brewery! Be sure to follow Allsopp’s Instagram, Facebook or X and Double Diamond beer on Instagram, to be entered into the draw to win some Double Diamond, it works wonders!We are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Before Dawn (2024)

Before Dawn (2024)

2025-10-2254:16

G'Day Cobbers! This week, the boys cover the 2024 Australian film 'Before Dawn', which sees a young Private thrust into the trenches on the Western Front after he joins the AIF. An independent film with impressive set design and good scale, but does it pass muster with the FoF duo?Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comThis week we are excited to partner up with Double Diamond, courtesy of Allsopp’s brewery! Be sure to follow Allsopp’s Instagram, Facebook or X and Double Diamond beer on Instagram, to be entered into the draw to win some Double Diamond, it works wonders!We are also thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Crimson Tide (1995)

Crimson Tide (1995)

2025-10-1551:37

The boys take to the depths this week as they join Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington in 1995's 'Crimson Tide'. When rebels in Russia threaten nuclear strike, a tense face-off aboard a US Navy nuclear sub sees a mutiny launched, but who will come out on top?! With great direction, casting, and script, is 'Crimson Tide' one of the best war films of the 90s? Join the FoF duo to find out!Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the boys celebrate 5 years of the show with a special birthday 'Ask us anything' special! Thanks everyone, for listening and for supporting us over the last 5 years. Check out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilmCheck out our website for more - www.fightingonfilm.comWe are thrilled to partner with www.warfaremedia.net, who have an incredible range of Cold War posters! Use the code 'FoF20' at checkout for a huge 20% discount. Don't miss out.Support Fighting On Film via Patreon and get a range of thank you perks! - www.patreon.com/fightingonfilm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Brilliant podcast reviewing classic war films, the odd turkey😂 and hidden gems. Discussing cinematography, realism and the essential ally tally section. The enthusiasm is infectious especially when film makers and eminent historians are guests. Highly recommended.

Jan 27th
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