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Attack
Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney's leadership ability.
1956 · Directed by Robert Aldrich · 107 min · Drama · War · 10 frames
Tagline
It rips open the hot Hell behind the glory!
Crew
- Screenplay: James Poe
- Cinematography: Joseph F. Biroc
- Edited by: Michael Luciano
- Music: Frank De Vol
- Produced by: Robert Aldrich, Walter Blake
Cast
- Jack Palance as Joe Costa
- Eddie Albert as Erskine Cooney
- Lee Marvin as Clyde Bartlett
- Robert Strauss as Bernstein
- Richard Jaeckel as Snowden
- Buddy Ebsen as Tolliver
- Strother Martin as Ingersol
- Jon Shepodd as John Jackson
- Peter van Eyck as SS Captain
- Steven Geray as Otto
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: German, English
- Studios: The Associates & Aldrich Company, United Artists
- Themes: world war ii, us army, national guard, based on play or musical, black and white, battle of the bulge, moral dilemma
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