Attack

original title:
Attack
other titles:
(Ardennen 1944)
country / year of production:
USA / 1956
original length:
107 min. , black/white
premiere:
17 October 1956
genre:
adventure
based on:
Norman Brooks. Fragile Fox. Play. New York, Broadway, Belasco Theatre: 10/12/1954 - 11/27/1954.
director:
Robert Aldrich
film script:
Norman Brooks , James Poe
producer:
Robert Aldrich
cinematographer:
Joseph F. Biroc
editor:
composer:
Frank De Vol
cast (role):
Jack Palance (Lieutenant Joe Costa) , Eddie Albert (Captain Erskine Cooney) , Lee Marvin (Colonel Bartlett) , Robert Strauss (Private Bernstein) , Richard Jaeckel (Private Snowden) , Jack Palance , Steven Geray , Jimmy Goodwin , Peter Eyck, van , Jon Shepodd , Buddy Ebsen , Richard Jaeckel , Robert Strauss , Lee Marvin , Eddie Albert , Jud Taylor
more:
plot synopsis:
During the closing days of WWII, a National Guard Infantry Company is assigned the task of setting up artillery observation posts in a strategic area. Lieutenant Costa knows that his superior, Captain Cooney, is in command only because of 'connections' he had made state-side. Costa has serious doubts concerning Cooneys' ability to lead the group. When Cooney sends Costa and his men out, and refuses to re-enforce them, Costa swears revenge.
keywords:
infantry , Battle of the Bulge , incompetent officers , order and obedience , winter
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Werner Haupt: Rückzug im Westen 1944: Von der Invasion zur Ardennen-Offensive. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verl., 1978. ISBN: 3-87943-557-X
remarks:
Cp.: http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/01/16/cteq/attack.html#b3
availability:
VHS, DVD