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Ice Cold in Alex
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
1958 · Directed by J. Lee Thompson · 125 min · War · Adventure · Drama · 8 frames
Tagline
3 guys...and a couple of gals...and the mission that led them through 600 miles of burning hell!
Crew
- Screenplay: T. J. Morrison, Christopher Landon
- Cinematography: Gilbert Taylor
- Edited by: Richard Best
- Produced by: W.A. Whittaker
Cast
- John Mills as Captain Anson
- Sylvia Syms as Sister Diana Murdoch
- Anthony Quayle as Captain van der Poel
- Harry Andrews as M.S.M. Pugh
- Diane Clare as Sister Denise Norton
- Richard Leech as Captain Crosbie
- Liam Redmond as Brigadier (D.D.M.S.)
- Allan Cuthbertson as Brigadier's Staff Officer
- David Lodge as C.M.P Captain (Tank Trap)
- Michael Nightingale as C.M.P Captain (Check Point)
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: German, English
- Studios: Associated British Picture Corporation
- Themes: ambulance, spy, world war ii, beer, black and white, desert, land mine
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