UK,
1958, 124 min
Directed by:
J. Lee ThompsonScreenplay:
T.J. MorrisonCinematography:
Gilbert TaylorComposer:
Leighton LucasCast:
John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Diane Clare, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner, Allan Cuthbertson, Peter Arne, Paul Stassino (more)VOD (1)
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A thousand square miles of blazing, pitiless desert, and a story so unusual, so gripping that it could spring only from life itself. The Mediterranean of 1942; along the barren North African coast where war has turned towns into smoking ruins, and the grim struggle surges to and from. But that is just the background; the story is about people, not war - and it happens to be true. (Film Movement)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1959 - Best Film
- 1959 - Anthony Quayle (Best British Actor)
- 1959 - T.J. Morrison (Best British Screenplay)
- 1959 - Outstanding British Film
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 1958 - J. Lee Thompson (Golden Bear for Best Film)