Ohjaus:
Terence YoungKuvaus:
John WilcoxSävellys:
John AddisonNäyttelijät:
Alan Ladd, Leo Genn, Harry Andrews, Donald Houston, Anthony Bushell, Stanley Baker, Lana Morris, Michael Kelly, Anton Diffring, Walter Gotell (lisää)Juonikuvaukset(1)
Alan Ladd is the focus of this story based on the wartime raid on the German radar station at Bruneval. The raid was a combined services operation and the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Parachute Brigade was led by Major 'John Frost' (Major Snow). An RAF radar expert, Flight Sergeant C.W.H. Cox (Sergeant Box) accompanied the raiders to tell them what to take back to England. Steve MacKendrick (Alan Ladd), nicknamed "Canada" because that is where he claims he is from, volunteers in 1940 for the British Army's paratroop school. He obviously has a good deal more background and leadership skills than he lets on. Canada tries to become better acquainted with a pretty parachute rigger named Penny Gardner (Susan Stephen). She is initially put off by his attitude, but they eventually start dating. Both Penny and his new commander, Major Snow (Leo Genn), see potential (and a mystery that does not add up) in him, despite his strong efforts to avoid assuming any responsibility. Canada turns down Snow's offer to send him to officer school. After completing parachute school, Canada's unit goes on a raid (based on real-life Operation Biting) on the German radar station at Bruneval. An RAF radar expert, Sergeant Box, accompanies the raiders to retrieve a key component to take back to England. The mission is a success. Back in England, Canada is recognised by an American airman. He tells Penny that he resigned his commission from the USAAF after ordering his best friend and co-pilot to parachute out their bomber when an experimental rocket got stuck. When his friend's parachute does not open properly and he is killed, Canada blames himself and refuses any responsibility that might endanger anyone's life. When Snow confronts Canada with what he has learned (from a security investigation he ordered), Canada wrongly assumes Penny told what she learned, and breaks up with her. The unit's next operation involves taking and destroying an airfield at Bône during the invasion of North Africa. With Major Snow wounded and the men trapped in a minefield, Canada must risk others to extricate the unit. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
(lisää)Näyttelijät
Alan Ladd
Yhdysvallat
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The Black Cat (1941)
Leo Genn
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
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Moby Dick - Valkoinen Valas (1956)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Harry Andrews
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
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Kukkula (1965)
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Meduusan kosketus (1978)
Donald Houston
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
Parhaat elokuvat:
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Jumalten taistelu (1981)
Kotkat kuuntelevat (1968)
Anthony Bushell
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Titanicin kohtalonyö (1958)
Punaiset paholaiset (1953)
Stanley Baker
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
Parhaat elokuvat:
Richard III (1955)
Kapteeni Horatio Hornblower (1951)
Viidakon helvetti (1959)
Lana Morris
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Parhaat elokuvat:
Nokkela Norman tavaratalossa (1953)
Punaiset paholaiset (1953)
Komisario Morse (1987) (sarja)
Michael Kelly
Parhaat elokuvat:
Punaiset paholaiset (1953)
Kauhukakarat (1954)
Anton Diffring
Saksan valtakunta
Parhaat elokuvat:
Kotkat kuuntelevat (1968)
Valtiosalaisuus (1950)
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Walter Gotell
Saksan valtakunta
Parhaat elokuvat:
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Carl Duering
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Michael Balfour
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Parhaat elokuvat:
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John Boxer
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Parhaat elokuvat:
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Gandhi (1982)
Ystävykset (1943)
Peter Burton
Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta
Parhaat elokuvat:
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The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV elokuva)
Kellopeliappelsiini (1971)