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October 1953 (Japan) morePlot:
Alan Ladd is the focus of this story based on the wartime raid on the German radar station at Bruneval... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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BFI Celebrates The Life And Career Of Albert R. Broccoli(From CinemaRetro. 4 April 2009, 10:19 AM, PDT)
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Exciting World War II action moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Alan Ladd | ... | Canada | |
| Leo Genn | ... | Major Snow | |
| Susan Stephen | ... | Penny Gardner | |
| Harry Andrews | ... | R.S.M. | |
| Donald Houston | ... | Taffy | |
| Anthony Bushell | ... | General Whiting | |
| Patric Doonan | ... | Flash | |
| Stanley Baker | ... | Breton | |
| Lana Morris | ... | Pinky | |
| Tim Turner | ... | Rupert | |
| Michael Kelly | ... | Dawes | |
| Anton Diffring | ... | The Pole | |
| Thomas Heathcote | ... | Alf | |
| Carl Duering | ... | Rossi | |
| John Boxer | ... | Flight Sgt. Box |
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Factual errors: When McKendrick, Penny and Major Snow are waiting for the arrival of the DC3 Dakotas, we see a DC3 landing with the markings of the United States Air Force, which was not formed until 1948. During the time period of the film it was still The US Army Air Corps. moreFAQ
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In real life, Alan Ladd was scared to death of flying (he preferred trains), but you'd never know it in this exciting action adventure set in early World War II.
The old English method of training paratroopers by jumping from balloons is accurately depicted, as is the result of landing with an unopened parachute (the British, like the German airborne, eschewed the use of reserve parachutes).
It's actually a pretty standard war movie, though the score is exciting and memorable, and the combat scenes, though dated now, are pretty well done, considering this movie was shot in 1953.
Definitely worth watching!