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Director:

Byron Haskin

Writer:

R.W. Alcorn (written by)

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Release Date:

9 July 1961 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | War more

Plot:

An American army unit is trapped in a small town during a German counterattack and discovers that a spy in the town is providing the Germans with information about them. full summary | add synopsis

User Comments:

Takes place at Christmas... I say BAH, HUMBUG more (3 total)


Cast

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Howard Keel ... Col. Devlin
Tina Louise ... Alexandra Bastegar
Warner Anderson ... Lt. Col. Wilson
Earl Holliman ... Mike
Carleton Young ... Capt. Bart Macklin

Burt Reynolds ... Skee
James Dobson ... Arab
Marty Ingels ... Pinhead
Clem Harvey ... Tex
Maurice Marsac ... Jean Robert
Thomas A. Ryan ... Major
Peter Capell ... Little General
Charles Nolte ... Capt. Swain
Brandon Maggart (as Branden Maggert)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #19854) | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Germany


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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Takes place at Christmas... I say BAH, HUMBUG, 27 September 2002
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Author: SgtSlaughter from St. Davids, Pennsylvania, USA

This is the second WWII picture I've seen from Allied Artists, the first being the cheapo quickie HEROES DIE YOUNG. This film is far better than HEROES DIE YOUNG but still is not very good.

ARMORED COMMAND centers on a war-weary group of GIs who are caught by surprise when Hitler launches Operation North-Wind. Most of the movie centers on a beautiful spy (Tina Louise!!) who is taken in by an exhausted squad who takes her for a French civilian. Earl Holliman, the squad leader, and a young Burt Reynolds vie for her affections. Their rivalry culminates in a massive Nazi Panzer attack on the already rubble-strewn town.

The movie features decent but typically cliched performances by Holliman, Reynolds and Louise. Howard Keel commands the unit and does all right as a tough Colonel.

The battle scenes are quite sparse. We have a brief shootout between a squad of Americans and a German machine gun in the middle; then a huge German tank assault on the town. The battle starts out well but gets monotonous as the same footage is used over and over again.

Overall, a very dull war movie that had potential but never really got off the ground. The melodramatic romance plot should have been ditched, and the movie should have approached the combat the way ATTACK did. (ATTACK is a fine film that tells of the same German attack.)

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