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This film is a 1959 WWII drama that focuses on members of a German bomb squad. The fatalistic soldiers pool part of their paychecks into a fund that the last surviving member of the squad will get to keep. One by one, the men meet their deaths until only two remain: Karl Wirtz (Jeff Chandler) and Eric Koertner (Jack Palance). The two men vie for the affections of Margot Hofer (Martine Carol), which adds to the growing tension between them. In the film's climax, Wirtz and Koertner are summoned to dismantle a huge bomb, which adds tension to an already stressful situation between the two of them. Director Robert Aldrich pays meticulous attention to the details of bomb deactivation.
Original Release
04/23/1959
US Release
07/17/1959
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Palance | Eric Koertner |
Jeff Chandler | Karl Wirtz |
Martine Carol | Margot Hofer |
Robert Cornthwaite | Franz Loeffler |
Dave Willock | Peter Tillig |
Wesley Addy | Wolfgang Sulke |
Jim Goodwin | Hans Globke |
Virginia Baker | Frau Bauer |
Richard Wattis | Maj. Haven / Major Haven |
Nancy Lee | Ruth Sulke |
Directors
Writers
Robert Aldrich, Teddi Sherman, Lawrence P. Bachmann
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jack Palance | Eric Koertner |
Jeff Chandler | Karl Wirtz |
Martine Carol | Margot Hofer |
Robert Cornthwaite | Franz Loeffler |
Dave Willock | Peter Tillig |
Wesley Addy | Wolfgang Sulke |
Jim Goodwin | Hans Globke |
Virginia Baker | Frau Bauer |
Richard Wattis | Maj. Haven / Major Haven |
Nancy Lee | Ruth Sulke |
Jim Hutton | Workman at Bomb Site |
Charles Nolte | Doctor |
Michael Pate | Narrator |
James Goodwin | Hans Globke |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert Aldrich | Producer |
Michael Carreras | Producer |