Two Soldiers

Set during WWII, a young boy wants to join his brother in the "war at Pearl Harbour".

Cast

Jonathan Furr

as Willie Grier

Ben Allison

as Pete Grier

Ron Perlman

as Colonel McKellog

David Andrews

as Lieutenant Hogenbeck

Mike Pniewski

as Sheriff Foote

Deacon Dawson

as Mr. Grossnickel

Joanne Pankow

as Mrs. Habersham

Danny Vinson

as Pap Grier

Suellen Yates

as Maw Grier

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Visually, this reminded me a little of “Field of Dreams” (1989) meets “The Waltons” with lots of soft-focus photography and a score from Alan Silvestri that I doubt even he can recall. It’s about a tightly-knit and poor American farming family who find that elder son “Pete” (Ben Allison) wants to vo...

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