Aired Wednesday 13 December, 3:30pm - 5:40pmon Film4

Attack! (1956)

Name: Attack!
Rating: 7.4

Drama / War

Powerful, uncompromising and controversial screen adaptation of Norman Brooks' play, `The Fragile Fox'. In Belgium in 1944, a cowardly captain is endangering the lives of his men, but the Colonel is unwilling to act. As a result, Lieutenant Joe Costa suffers heavy losses and sets out for the Captain's blood.

IMDb7.4

Rotten Tomatoes100%

Country: USA

Cast and crew

Robert AldrichDirector
Jack PalanceLt. Joe Costa, Fox Co.
Eddie AlbertCapt. Erskine Cooney
Lee MarvinLt. Col. Clyde Bartlett, CO
Robert StraussPfc. Bernstein
Richard JaeckelPvt. Snowden
Buddy EbsenSfc. Tolliver, Fox Co.
Jon ShepoddCpl. John Jackson, Fox Co.
Peter Van EyckSS Captain
Jim GoodwinPfc. Ricks
Steven GerayOtto
Jud TaylorPvt. Jacob R. Abramowitz
Louis MercierBrouise
Henry RowlandGerman with Binoculars
Mike RaganSoldier with binoculars
Ron McNeilPfc. Jones
Strother MartinSgt. Ingersol
Leonard BremenMess Sergeant
William SmithersLt. Harold "Harry" Woodruff

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