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December 1961 (USA) morePlot:
A small British army team is sent to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North African campaign... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for 3 BAFTA Film Awards. moreUser Comments:
Great ensemble piece moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Richard Attenborough | ... | Brody |
 | John Gregson | ... | Capt. Bill Williams |
| Michael Craig | ... | Capt. Tim Cotton |
| Vincent Ball | ... | Sgt. Nesbitt |
| Percy Herbert | ... | 'Blanco' White |
| Barry Foster | ... | Cpl. Matheson |
| Andrew Faulds | ... | Sgt. Parker |
| George Murcell | ... | Cpl. Simms |
| Ray McAnally | ... | Sgt. Hardy |
| Harold Goodwin | ... | Road Watch |
| Tony Thawnton | ... | Capt. Tom |
| Wolf Frees | ... | German Sergeant |
| George Mikell | ... | German Officer |
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Recently saw this on TV. I tuned in on a whim and was delighted I did. It features a really good line up of mid 50's talent and some lustrous black and white photography. It seemed to me a forerunner of the later "mission" movies which became the norm for WW2 films in the following decade.
There were a couple of hard hitting -for the time- action sequences, which were crisply filmed and edited. There was a smattering of officers v men tension, mostly supplied by Attenborough in his cheeky chappy guise. And a fantastic sequence of a lone British soldier waiting by his machine gun for German half-tracks to appear over the crest of the dunes.
My only slight problem with the film is the heroic display by one of the officers towards the end. It felt like a throwback to earlier, more genteel values, not in keeping with the tone of the rest of the piece. Apart from that, well worth a look. Would make an good double bill with De Toth's later Play Dirty.