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ice cold in alex
Plot
In 1942 Anson (John Mill's) is fatigued by battle and dependent on drink and despised by his friend and fellow officer who wrongly suspect's him of asking to be released from the siege of Tobruk
A group of officer's and two nurse's attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the desert's of north Africa during the second world war after escaping Tobruk .
they get separated from the rest of the column of trucks and reluctantly pick up two nurse's as unwanted passengers.
they later encounter Van Der Pol an ebullient south african officer who offers to share his rack sack full of gin with them if he can go to Alex with them.
Nothing about the journey is straight forward and Anson must deal with his own drink problem and the enemy forces, and to top that one of them is a german spy.
John Mills as Anson and Anthony Quayle as Van Der Pol head an excellent and well directed cast.
Sylvia Simm's and Harry Andrew's support without taking the lime light away and althougth the script occasionally dip's below standard nothing can really detract this from one of the finest war time stories ever told
Goof's
revealing mistake's
when the ambulance encouters the second lot of german's none of the sub-manchine gun's have magazines in them
trivia
in the bar scene in Alexandria (John Mill's) was drinking real beer as ginger ale and other substitutes didn't look right and after (the 14th take) he was quite drunk.
several scenes had to be re-shot after british censor decided that Sylvia Sym's had to many buttons undone on her blouse showing to much cleavage.
credited cast John Mills capt Anson Sylvia Sym's sister Diana Murdock Anthony Quayle capt Van Der Ppol Harry Andrews msm Tom Pugh Diane Clare sister Densie Norton Richard Leech capt Crosbie Peter Arune british officer at oasis
Dvd extras shows more trailors of films to collect
run time 124 min language english filmed in black and white
ice cold in alex is a classic british war film it's a epic adventure of man vs environment using the war as a back drop rather than a man vs man war film
I would say it is a film you can watch over and over again, it has got some gripping parts, and when they get to Alex the most memorable bit is seeing them acheive their goal and get their beer.
I bought this in Tescos for £4.99
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