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
David Niven
UK
Best movies:
Murder by Death (1976)
The Brain (1969)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Stanley Holloway
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Hamlet (1948)
Brief Encounter (1945)
James Donald
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Great Escape (1963)
Lust for Life (1956)
John Laurie
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Richard III (1955)
The 39 Steps (1935)
William Hartnell
UK
Best movies:
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
This Sporting Life (1963)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Leo Genn
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Moby Dick (1956)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Jimmy Hanley
UK
Best movies:
Renée Asherson
UK
Best movies:
The Others (2001)
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985) (TV movie)
The Magic Box (1951)
A.E. Matthews
UK
Best movies:
The Million Pound Note (1954)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Peter Ustinov
UK
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Spartacus (1960)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Lloyd Pearson
UK
Best movies:
The Angry Silence (1960)
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Penelope Dudley-Ward
UK
Best movies:
The Citadel (1938)
Convoy (1940)
In Which We Serve (1942)
Esma Cannon
Australia
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
Contraband (1940)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Trevor Howard
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Gandhi (1982)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Tracy Reed
UK
Best movies:
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Percy (1971)
George Merritt
UK
Best movies:
Young and Innocent (1937)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
The Ghost Train (1941)
Jack Watling
UK
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Follow Me! (1972)
Alf Goddard
UK
Best movies:
High Treason (1929)
Sidewalks of London (1938)
They Met in the Dark (1943)
Raymond Huntley
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Breathless (1960)
The Dam Busters (1955)
John Boxer
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Gandhi (1982)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)