Directed by:
Carol ReedScreenplay:
Eric AmblerCinematography:
Guy GreenComposer:
William AlwynCast:
David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald, John Laurie, William Hartnell, Leo Genn, Jimmy Hanley, Renée Asherson, A.E. Matthews, Peter Ustinov, Lloyd Pearson (more)Plots(1)
A group of conscripts are called up into the infantry during WWII. At first they appear a hopeless bunch but their sergeant and Lieutenant have faith in them and mould them into a good team. When they go into action in North Africa, they realise what war is all about. (Bounty Films)
Cast
Grace Arnold
UK
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Leslie Dwyer
UK
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Tessie O'Shea
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Johnnie Schofield
UK
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Reginald Tate
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Eileen Erskine
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Raymond Lovell
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Andreas Malandrinos
Greece
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A. Bromley Davenport
UK
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John Salew
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Mary Jerrold
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John Ruddock
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