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Mosquito Squadron |  | Director: Boris Sagal
Actors: David McCallum, Suzanne Neve, Charles Gray, David Buck, David Dundas
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  25 reviews
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D1004526D
ISBN: 0792855582
UPC: 027616885777
EAN: 9780792855583
Theatrical Release Date: 1970
Release Date: May 20, 2003
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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: G
Release Date: 20-MAY-2003
Media Type: DVD
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World War II aviation buffs may quibble with details in Mosquito Squadron, but they'll love it just the same. It's an average war movie, capably directed by Boris Sagal, who thrived in television before he was tragically killed by a helicopter rotor in 1981. At the peak of his post-Man from U.N.C.L.E. success, David McCallum plays a melancholy RAF ace, leading his squadron of De Havilland "Mosquito" bombers on low-altitude strikes over Nazi strongholds in Germany and France. His ground-based dilemma involves the grieving wife of his best friend, a fellow pilot presumed dead but later discovered alive with other POWs held at a French chalet where the Nazis are developing advanced V-class bombers. The RAF employs bouncing "highballs" capable of penetrating difficult targets, and the rousing climax doubles as a rescue mission and treacherous bombing run. Explosive action compensates for predictable melodrama, and Rocky Horror fans will enjoy seeing Charles ("the Criminologist") Gray as a stuffy RAF Commodore. --Jeff Shannon
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 Happy Purchase October 18, 2009
David Simpson (Melbourne, Australia)
I'm not sure if I'm meant to be reviewing the purchase or the movie.
I rented the dvd. I haven't seen this flick for years. Unfortunately it was damaged in the post. So I looked up amazon and purchased a copy instead.
The purchase was very simple and it arrived reasonably fast. David McCallum looks (and is) very young indeed. This was around the time when he was playing
Illya Kuryakin in the man from U.N.C.L.E. It's a classic war (WWII air force) type movie with a bit of romance & divided loyalties thrown in.
A happy time all round and the good guy's win :)
 Terrible movie September 19, 2009
M. Corey (Skagit Valley, Wa USA)
Being a huge fan of the De Havilland Mosquito, when I saw this on Netflix, I immediately ordered it. I mean, Mossies, and Ilya Kuryakin(David McCallum)? Gotta do it.
One of the opening scenes portrayed "London", but as a V-1 Doodle Bug flying bomb nears the end of its flight, there's a nuclear cooling tower....and the movie didn't improve. Surprisingly, the romance aspect of the film was one of the highlights....not a good sign. At least the makers of this film had the sense to borrow copious footage from the far superior "633 Squadron".
By the way, when in England, be sure to visit the De Havilland Museum at Lincoln Colney, just outside St. Albans, Herts. It's well worth the visit.
Military action movie review June 30, 2009
azturf (Arizona, USA)
Movie was not bad - I grew up watching war movies (parents were in the military), director could of shortened the love scenes between David McCallum and Suzanne Neve. Watch with your girlfriend & popcorn
 Intriguing WWII story November 10, 2008
Cat
The movie may not earn high marks in special effects, but it isn't bad for the era. Some criticized the performances as "wooden", but I would say it's more a matter of being reserved. Aside from these criticisms, the overall story is well done.
Told from the British perspective, the primary story line is not too heavy on war (minimal ground combat and bloodshed). The few brief departures to the secondary story of a romance developing between the squadron leader and his best friend's widow are not distracting.
The Mosquito pilots are charged with taking out an underground facility located at Charlon in France. There, the Nazis' are completing their newest air assault weapon to be aimed at Britain. After information of the planned RAF attack is leaked through the capture of a member of the French Underground, the Nazis move RAF prisoners into Charlon Castle.
If the project is completed, Britain is placed in even greater danger by the Nazis. It is imperative that Charlon be destroyed regardless of the cost. The Mosquito pilots are faced not only with the risk of the mission itself; they must face the risk of killing their own colleagues held at Charlon.
Mosquitoes revisited August 7, 2008
Gregory Lum (Oakland, CA USA)
Mosquito Squadron is a take-off on the 633 Squadron film. After viewing the movie, many sequences were taken from 633. The same landing pattern segment was used and the same crash landing and firefighting sequence. The saving grace was a better storyline and better acting. However, Sixties special effects were still inadequate. George Lucas has spoiled us or at least me. Again, my motivation in purchasing this DVD was to see the flying abilities of the De Havilland Mosquito in low altitude attack mode. This aircraft was famous for it.
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