Five Came Back

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  1. The Mission Begins

  60m

  As World War II begins, five of Hollywood's top directors leave success and homes behind to join the armed forces and make films for the war effort.

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  2. Combat Zones

  67m

  Now in active service, each director learns his cinematic vision isn't always attainable within government bureaucracy and the variables of war.

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  3. The Price of Victory

  70m

  At the war's end, the five come back to Hollywood to re-establish their careers, but what they've seen will haunt and change them forever.

Cast

Meryl Streep

Self - Narrator (voice)

Steven Spielberg

Self

Lawrence Kasdan

Self

Francis Ford Coppola

Self

Paul Greengrass

Self

Guillermo del Toro

Self

John Ford

Self (archive footage)

John Huston

Self (archive footage)

William Wyler

Self (archive footage)

Frank Capra

Self (archive footage)

George Stevens

Self (archive footage)