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Paths of Glory

by Humphrey Cobb

1957. b/w. 88 min. MGM. 1999. $14.98; Criterion Collection. 2010. $29.95; Blu-ray. $39.95.

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Stanley Kubrick's stark filming of the Humphrey Cobb novel, with Kirk Douglas as the French Colonel Dax who defends his men who are tried for failing to take an impregnable German position.

Reviewed by Edwin B. Burgess, Margaret Heilbrun , Nov 01, 2013

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