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February 1958 (USA)
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Above average war movie
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Cast
(in credits order) | Leo Genn | ... | Maj. Gerrard |
| Kieron Moore | ... | Capt. R.A. Mead |
| Michael Medwin | ... | Lt. Vernon |
| Robert Brown | ... | Sgt. Maj. Gill |
| Michael Ripper | ... | Pvt. Middleditch |
| John Paul | ... | Lt. Col. Derry |
| Shay Gorman | ... | Sgt. Gates |
| Tom Bowman | ... | Sgt. Nicholls |
| Bernard Horsfall | ... | Pvt. Livingstone |
| John Watson | ... | Cpl. Bean |
| Arthur Lovegrove | ... | Pvt. Jarvis |
| Percy Herbert | ... | Pvt. Clark |
| Paddy Joyce | ... | Capt. R.A. Ames |
| Dave Crowley | ... | Pvt. Harris (as David Crowley) |
| Barry Lowe | ... | Pvt. Ferguson |
| Michael Balfour | ... | Pvt. Thomas |
| Michael Dear | ... | Pvt. Tweedle |
| Raymond Francis | ... | General |
| Ian Whittaker | ... | Pvt. Wilson |
| Anthony Warren | ... | Wounded German |
| Rolf Carston | ... | German Sergeant |
| Garard Green | ... | German Company Commander |
| Wolf Frees | ... | German Divisional Commander |
| Jeremy Longhurst | ... | German Sniper |
| David Ritch | ... | Mahomet |
| Abdul Noor | ... | Arab |
| Victor Platt | ... | Sentry |
| John Trevor | ... | Captain |
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| William Abney | ... | Artillery Officer |
| Michael Collins | ... | Stretcher bearer |
| Guy Deghy | ... | Artillery N.C.O. |
| George Murcell | ... | Warren |
| Jack Stewart | ... | Pvt. Wentworthy |
 | Michael Caine | ... | Bit Part (uncredited) |
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| Michael Carreras | |||
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| Howard Clewes | ||
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| Michael Carreras | .... | producer | |
| Anthony Nelson Keys | .... | associate producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Leonard Salzedo | |||
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| Jack Asher | |||
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| Bill Lenny | |||
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| Ted Marshall | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Hugh Harlow | .... | third assistant director | |
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| Sydney Pearson | .... | special effects (as Syd Pearson) | |
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| Joe Powell | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Molly Arbuthnot | .... | wardrobe | |
Music Department | |||
| John Hollingsworth | .... | musical director | |
Other crew | |||
| Renée Glynne | .... | script supervisor | |
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- United Artists Corporation (1957) (UK) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1958) (USA) (theatrical)
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UK:85 min
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In 1958, United Artists released this film in the USA on a double bill with Fort Massacre (1958).See more »
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*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Hammer Films was really a very good studio. Not only for horror movies but also for war ones. Remember Val Guest's films such as CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND and YESTERDAY'S ENEMY. Perhaps one or more. Very tense, well paced, sharply shot, with very deep characters. Emotion and action in the same scheme. What else could we ask for?
The story of a group of British soldiers, during WW2, in Tunisia, who gets order to hold a position, in the middle of the desert, in order to prevent Afrika Korps to advance.
I have seen many British war movies, academic ones, very talkative, flat, even with great actors such Dirk Bogarde, Richard Attenborough, Richard Todd or some others...Movies very long, long, long. Boring at the most. Not bad ones, not corny, but long. Period.
But, I repeat, the Hammer war films are worth the detour.