Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Henry Fonda | ... | Lt. Col. Dan Kiley | |
Robert Shaw | ... | Col. Hessler | |
Robert Ryan | ... | Gen. Grey | |
Dana Andrews | ... | Col. Pritchard | |
George Montgomery | ... | Sgt. Duquesne | |
Ty Hardin | ... | Lt. Schumacher | |
Pier Angeli | ... | Louise | |
Barbara Werle | ... | Elena | |
Charles Bronson | ... | Wolenski | |
Hans Christian Blech | ... | Conrad | |
Werner Peters | ... | Gen. Kohler | |
James MacArthur | ... | Lt. Weaver | |
Karl-Otto Alberty | ... | Von Diepel (as Karl Otto Alberty) | |
Telly Savalas | ... | Sgt. Guffy | |
Steve Rowland | ... | Eddy |
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent this occurrence, Hitler orders an all out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp. "The Battle of the Bulge" shows this conflict from the perspective of an American intelligence officer as well as from a German Panzer Commander. Written by Anthony Hughes <husnock31@hotmail.com>
It's December 1944. The Allies troops are confident to finish the war quickly. The Germans plan a major offensive to retake Antwerp. Former cop Lt. Col. Kiley (Henry Fonda) tries to warn his superiors about an imminent attack against the thin worn American lines but Gen. Grey and Col. Pritchard dismiss his concerns. Sgt. Guffy (Telly Savalas) is a tank commander who is more concerned with wheeling and dealing. Maj. Wolenski (Charles Bronson) commands a frontline position.
The start is mostly Henry Fonda investigating the planned attack with a good side story of German Col. Hessler being put in command of the Tiger tanks. The tanks are obviously wrong but I understand the difficulties. There are a lot of rewriting of history in this movie. Henry Fonda being at every important place gets way too coincidental. Essentially, a massive battle in the war is boiled down to an one-man crusade. The fuel depot fight looks silly compared to the other parts of the movie. Nevertheless this is a compelling old-fashion big-action war movie. The tank battles looks pretty good.