Top billed cast

1. 

   Cliff Robertson

   Sgt. Edward Baxter

2. 

   Marius Goring

   German Commandant

3. 

   Red Buttons

   PFC Harry Devine

4. 

   Irina Demick

   Lili Rolland

5. 

   James Robertson Justice

   British Beachmaster

6. 

   Slim Pickens

   Artillery Colonel

7. 

   Françoise Rosay

   Lili's Grandmother

8. 

   Broderick Crawford

   MP Major

9. 

   Georges Chamarat

   Mayor

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-01-04

This is quite a curiously pointless wartime adventure for Cliff Robertson. He is "Sgt. Baxter" who liberates the residents of a French village after the D-Day landings and then, with "Pte. Devine" (Red Buttons) spends the rest of the film ferrying these 21 civilians from pillar to post getting different instructions from a superior officer at every junction. Along the way, he does manage to find time for a little romance with "Lili" (Irina Demick) but must always be on his guard as the Nazis - including his sophisticated captive Commandant (Marius Goring) are still very much in the game. Their...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• normandy, france