Actors: William Holden, Cliff
Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine, Jeremy Slate, Claude Akins, Jack Watson,
Richard Jaeckel, Bill Fletcher, Richard Dawson
Rating: 8 out of 10, A favorite movie from my early years recounting, with severe artistic license I later learned, the
exploits of a joint US/Canadian special forces unit in World War 2. While a bit
cliché ridden there’s an excellent story with extremely capable actors led by
William Holden, one of my favorites from old time Hollywood. The musical score is
equally impressive and my love of bagpipes may have been born when I first saw
the scene of the Canadians marching into camp. The movie has held up well over the
years, a neat snapshot back into 1960s film making.
MVP: Holden as Colonel Frederick, the devil
himself
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