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17 October 1956 (USA)
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The Story of the "Fragile Fox" Company! more
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During the closing days of WWII, a National Guard Infantry Company is assigned the task of setting up artillery observation posts in a strategic area...
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Coward
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I could have been Erskine Cooney
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jack Palance | ... | Lt. Joe Costa, Fox Co. | |
| Eddie Albert | ... | Capt. Erskine Cooney, CO, Fox Co. | |
| Lee Marvin | ... | Lt. Col. Clyde Bartlett, CO, White Battalion | |
| Robert Strauss | ... | Pfc. Bernstein | |
| Richard Jaeckel | ... | Pvt. Snowden | |
| Buddy Ebsen | ... | Sfc. Tolliver, Fox Co. | |
| Jon Shepodd | ... | Cpl. John Jackson, Fox Co. (communications) | |
| Peter van Eyck | ... | SS Captain (as Peter Van Eyck) | |
| James Goodwin | ... | Pfc. Ricks (as Jimmy Goodwin) | |
| Steven Geray | ... | Otto, German NCO | |
| Jud Taylor | ... | Pvt. Jacob R. Abramowitz (radioman) (as Judson Taylor) | |
| Louis Mercier | ... | Brouise (French blacksmith) | |
| Henry Rowland | ... | German with Binoculars | |
| Holly Bane | ... | Soldier with binoculars (as Mike Ragan) | |
| Ron McNeil | ... | Pfc. Jones |
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Also Known As:
Attack! (USA) (alternative spelling)
Command Attack (USA) (working title)
The Fragile Fox (USA) (working title)
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Command Attack (USA) (working title)
The Fragile Fox (USA) (working title)
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107 min
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Australia:PG |
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West Germany:16 (f) |
Finland:K-16 |
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Although he plays a coward in this film, in real life Eddie Albert, who served in WW II, was a war hero, in one engagement having braved heavy enemy fire to rescue 70 wounded Marines.
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Factual errors: Throughout the picture, German infantrymen use what seems to be some variation of the water-cooled Browning 30-caliber machine gun, which was a U.S. weapon. Also, the German tanks don't resemble any Panzers in use during World War II.
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It would seem political correctness prevailed even back during the big bloodletting. The military should screen it's officers very thoroughly before giving them the command over others' lives. Captain Cooney should never have been issued a uniform much less been promoted to such a high field rank. Most of these old 40's and 50's war films leave me colder than a dead kraut but this was way above the fold. Yes, some of the special effects were a bit tame and a couple of the sets looked like what they were, but this was one gritty, ugly tale of the horror and waste of combat. The entire cast was excellent in their portrayal of soldiers in a hopeless situation. Many familiar old faces in this one, most of whom are no longer with us.