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Did you know... that The Mountain Road was the only war movie that Jimmy Stewart ever starred in?

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Only war pic?[edit]

Stewart appeared in a number of movies in uniform, like Strategic Air Command, etc. It would perhaps be better to say that this was his only combat-oriented picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.15.64.225 (talk) 04:24, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It was the only film that depicted war, not war-like conditions as in the Cold War. Check it out, there was a conscious effort not to appear in films in which he would be glorifying war. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 04:27, 8 July 2012 (UTC).[reply]

There are a few war films starring Jimmy Stewart:

"Malaya", 1949 MGM. WWII South Pacific battle sequences borrowed from "They Were Expendable", 1945.
"Shenandoah",1965 Universal. Opening Civil War battle sequences borrowed from "Raintree County" MGM 1957.

P.S. Stewart was the only Hollywood star to fly bombing missions in both WWII (B-24 "Utah Man") and Vietnam (B-52 56-0601).Spottbilligscope (talk) 01:22, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To be specific, Stewart does not appear as a soldier in any other film set in World War II. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 01:26, 9 July 2012 (UTC).[reply]