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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaAfter 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.
Wesley Addy
- Wolfgang Sulke
- (as Wes Addy)
Jim Goodwin
- Hans Globke
- (as Jimmy Goodwin)
Jim Hutton
- Workman at Bomb Site
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Charles Nolte
- Doctor
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Michael Pate
- Narrator
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
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- QuizJack Palance and director Robert Aldrich had worked together with distinction on two previous occasions - "Attack!" and "The Big Knife" - but fell out most acrimoniously during the making of this film. Aldrich later remarked wryly that it was probably unwise for any director to work more than twice with an actor as volatile as Palance, but nonetheless sought him out yet again a few years later when Palance was offered the role of Archer Maggot in "The Dirty Dozen". It seemed there might be a reconciliation at last, but Palance dropped out at the last minute (because of illness, some sources have claimed) and the part was taken over by Telly Savalas.
- Citazioni
Karl Wirtz: I guess it's still my bomb.
- ConnessioniReferenced in Il diavolo nello specchio (1959)
Recensione in evidenza
TEN SECONDS TO HELL (Robert Aldrich, 1959) **1/2
I watched this in a colorized version (shudder, I know!), but I guess it's better than nothing!! This is yet another war-themed film for Aldrich but a novel one, dealing with a six-man bomb-disposal unit in Germany after the end of World War II.
As such, it's much closer in spirit to the stark (and often hysterical) ATTACK! (1956) than the sweeping blockbusters - THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967) and TOO LATE THE HRO (1970; see review above) - of the next decade. Indeed, here, Jack Palance is again given a sympathetic role - while Jeff Chandler, uncharacteristically, essays the villainous type. Interestingly, the film was made by Britain's House of Horror - Hammer Films (in association with United Artists) - with shooting taking place at Germany's celebrated UFA studios!
Plot-wise, however, the film is somewhat contrived: Palance and Chandler hate each other's guts but still lodge together and, of course, fall for their attractive - and lonely - French landlady (Martine Carol); by the end, only they have survived their dangerous line of work and the two face-off in a literally explosive climax! While no classic, it's professionally handled and has undeniable moments of power (one of the deaths is filmed in a way that we never see the man's face but, when the remaining members of the group are reconvened, we realize that Wesley Addy is missing; Chandler's story about his uncle teaching him to always look out for himself first and how the latter was the first to suffer for it).
As such, it's much closer in spirit to the stark (and often hysterical) ATTACK! (1956) than the sweeping blockbusters - THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967) and TOO LATE THE HRO (1970; see review above) - of the next decade. Indeed, here, Jack Palance is again given a sympathetic role - while Jeff Chandler, uncharacteristically, essays the villainous type. Interestingly, the film was made by Britain's House of Horror - Hammer Films (in association with United Artists) - with shooting taking place at Germany's celebrated UFA studios!
Plot-wise, however, the film is somewhat contrived: Palance and Chandler hate each other's guts but still lodge together and, of course, fall for their attractive - and lonely - French landlady (Martine Carol); by the end, only they have survived their dangerous line of work and the two face-off in a literally explosive climax! While no classic, it's professionally handled and has undeniable moments of power (one of the deaths is filmed in a way that we never see the man's face but, when the remaining members of the group are reconvened, we realize that Wesley Addy is missing; Chandler's story about his uncle teaching him to always look out for himself first and how the latter was the first to suffer for it).
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- 28 giu 2006
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- Budget
- 1.100.000 USD (previsto)
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 33 minuti
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By what name was Dieci secondi col diavolo (1959) officially released in India in English?
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