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After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.After 1945, six German ex-soldiers are hired to defuse unexploded Allied bombs in the ruins of Berlin.
Wesley Addy
- Wolfgang Sulke
- (as Wes Addy)
Jim Goodwin
- Hans Globke
- (as Jimmy Goodwin)
Jim Hutton
- Workman at Bomb Site
- (uncredited)
Charles Nolte
- Doctor
- (uncredited)
Michael Pate
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- TriviaJack Palance and director Robert Aldrich had worked together with distinction on two previous occasions - "Attack!" and "The Big Knife" - but fell out most acrimoniously during the making of this film. Aldrich later remarked wryly that it was probably unwise for any director to work more than twice with an actor as volatile as Palance, but nonetheless sought him out yet again a few years later when Palance was offered the role of Archer Maggot in "The Dirty Dozen". It seemed there might be a reconciliation at last, but Palance dropped out at the last minute (because of illness, some sources have claimed) and the part was taken over by Telly Savalas.
- Quotes
Karl Wirtz: I guess it's still my bomb.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Libel (1959)
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Fatalistic post-war drama about German bomb squad.
Six nonconformed former German soldiers work for the British occupation forces on defusing blind shells in Berlin. The men, of very different characters, make a bet, that those who stay alive should get half of all their pays. Indeed one after another of them perishs. So it comes to the showdown between Koertner (Jack Palance) and Wirtz (Jeff Chandler), who also compete for the affection of their host Margot (Martine Carol).
This exciting adventure movie is staged carefully by past master Robert Aldrich. He shows in fascinating details bomb deactivation and the atmosphere of Berlin lying in ruins - a striking metaphor for the devastated lifes of the characters! Chandler and Palance are believable in their roles. Psychological it impress through the description of the fatefully scratched squad, whose members are not able to get out of this suicidal job.
In short: A depressing but exciting look on World War II survivors, who battle for the reorganization of their lifes.
This exciting adventure movie is staged carefully by past master Robert Aldrich. He shows in fascinating details bomb deactivation and the atmosphere of Berlin lying in ruins - a striking metaphor for the devastated lifes of the characters! Chandler and Palance are believable in their roles. Psychological it impress through the description of the fatefully scratched squad, whose members are not able to get out of this suicidal job.
In short: A depressing but exciting look on World War II survivors, who battle for the reorganization of their lifes.
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- $1,100,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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