Alfred Burke, Anthony Bushell, Christopher Lee

A commander receives an undeserved citation for an attack on Rommel's headquarters. Unbeknownst to him, his wife is having an affair with one of his officers.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Nicholas Ray

Release Date: January 1, 1957

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DVD Release Date: February 22, 2005

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  • February 29, 2008
    Burton is strong as is Ray's direction, but this story just falls flat
  • August 5, 2009
    This film succeeds with the acting, but fails with the story. Nicholas Ray gets everything he can out of every character, but the story is bland, the action is bad and the love story is tact on and unnecessary. Burton is fantastic and has a great screen presence. Burton, Jurgens,...( read more)and the rest of their crew is what makes this film great. Everyone has a memorable character and the desert scenes look great. The story of a coward commander clashing with a noble one is not handled well. It's a forced story as is the love story which is a rip off of Casablanca. I am on the crossroads here,because loved the acting and was bored by everything else. Watch Sahara with Bogart to see a better desert war film.
  • January 3, 2009
    well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch its got a really good cast of actors/actressess throguhout this movie...i think that the director of this art house/international/action/adventure/classics/drama movie had done a really good jo...( read more)b of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...its a good 1950's black n white movie 2 watch the fight scenes/the gun shoot outs are pretty kewl throguhout this movie..this is an enjoyable movie 2 watch...i think that both richard burton n ronan o casey both play good parts throughout this movie this is a good movie 2 watch n its really enjoyable as well
  • June 14, 2007
    That's an oxymoron. It'll bug me all day now. >_<"
  • April 27, 2007
    Godard said it: Ray is cinema

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