Eight Iron Men (1952)
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Bonar Colleano, who spent the war years playing brash Americans in British films, makes his final screen appearance in the Stanley Kramer production Eight Iron Men. Set during WW II, the film follows the exploits of a small Army squadron, billeted in a bombed-out house on the front lines. Tensions… More Bonar Colleano, who spent the war years playing brash Americans in British films, makes his final screen appearance in the Stanley Kramer production Eight Iron Men. Set during WW II, the film follows the exploits of a small Army squadron, billeted in a bombed-out house on the front lines. Tensions mount as the men attempt to save one of their number, who is trapped behind enemy lines and heavily surrounded. Essentially a single-set film (it was based on A Sound of Hunting, a stage play by Harry Brown), Eight Iron Men works better as a character study than a war flick. Colleano dominates the proceedings as a self-styled Lothario, while Arthur Franz, Lee Marvin, Richard Kiley, Nick Dennis, James Griffith, George Cooper and former child-star Dick Moore likewise register well. For no discernible reason, the screenplay manages to include several extra characters, including Mary Castle as "The Girl" in a dream sequence. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Edward Dmytryk
- Genres
- Drama
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
This film, from A Sound of Hunting, which was a play by Harry Brown, done in 1945 on Broadway, is a dismally meretricious thing, half of it smoldering dugout drama and the other half cheesecake burlesque.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A film liked by the critics but never able to find an audience.
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Cast
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Bonar Colleano
as Colucci
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Arthur Franz
as Carter
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Lee Marvin
as Mooney
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Richard Kiley
as Coke
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Nick Dennis
as Sapiros
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James Griffith
as Ferguson
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Barney Phillips
as Capt. Trelawney
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Robert Nichols
as Walsh
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Richard Grayson
as Lieutenant Crane
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Douglas Henderson
as Hunter
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Mary Castle
as Girl
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David McMahon
as Cafferty
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Dickie Moore
as Muller
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George A. Cooper
as Small
