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7.3/10   158 votes
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Director:
Peter Collinson
Writers:
Alan White (novel)
Charles Wood (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 May 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
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Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
A good movie for those that know war more

Cast

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David Hemmings ... John
Tony Beckley ... Cliff
Tom Bell ... Tom Cooper
Alan Dobie ... Helmut
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Making of 'The Italian Job' (2003) (V) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
A good movie for those that know war, 11 January 2007
10/10
Author: Peorhum from Canada

Not sure one can call this an anti-war film, it shows war at an elite level. These are elite troops that know what they are doing and take great pride in it. Even when they are pacifist, they still enjoy the skill level and defeating their foes, even if it does go against being a pacifist. The movies is slow and rather uneventful and in many ways is rather tame as war movies go-more so by todays standards, no body parts flying off as in modern movies. It is brutal in other ways though as you see killing at a personal level. This is more of a thinking man's movie. Once you start to watch you don't want to miss anything. The thoughts of the men in the movie and their interactions, is what the movie is about- not the combat itself or a big exciting storyline. This maybe called a war triller.

If you are into the skill of war, if you are into reading or seeing programs about the SAS and so on, YOU WANT TO WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!!!

Comparable movies are The Hill (1965) with Sean Connery, 49th Parallel (1941) with an all star cast, The Naked and the Dead (1958) with Cliff Robertson. All are unusual in their way and show war at a personal level. Enjoy!

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