USA,
1966, 141 min
Directed by:
Melville ShavelsonScreenplay:
Melville ShavelsonCinematography:
Aldo TontiComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson, James Donald, Stathis Giallelis, Luther Adler, Chaim Topol, Ruth White, Gordon Jackson, Michael Hordern (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
After a brilliant career with the U.S. army, WWII hero and Jewish American Mickey Marcus (Douglas) is called to the new state of Israel to build an army capable of withstanding its Arab foes. Against the wishes of his wife (Dickinson), Mickey makes the journey and begins transforming a rag-tag underground army into a first-class fighting machine. But as the threat of war looms, Mickey must also confront his growing attraction to beautiful activist Magda Simon (Berger). (official distributor synopsis)
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