Tough little war film which drops you immediately into the midst of the action, based on a play by Norman Brooks, opened up by James Poe.
Eddie Albert (overplaying) is a cowardly commanding officer, who's actually nuts. He has let down Jack Palance under fire, who is determined it won't happen again... it does. Fellow lieutenant William Smithers is in his corner. Lee Marvin is a colonel who is trying to bury the situation.
Interesting framing and photography (frequent Aldrich collaborator Joseph Biroc), catches combat situations well (not that Aldrich himself served, as far as I understand), is suitably gritty and downbeat. With Robert Strauss (Stalug 17), Richard Jaekel, Peter van Eyck, Steven Geray.
Music Frank Devol, editor Michael Luciano.
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