Bitter Victory
“THE DESERT COMMANDO RAID THEY WIPED OFF THE RECORD BOOKS!”
1957•1h 42m•6.3•Released
DramaWar
During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat, are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the arrival of Brand's wife, who had a tryst with Leith years earlier.
Director
Nicholas Ray
Writer
René Hardy, Nicholas Ray, Gavin Lambert
Languages
German, English, Arabic
Studio
Robert Laffont Productions
Cast
Richard Burton
Capt. Leith
Curd Jürgens
Major David Brand
Ruth Roman
Jane Brand
Christopher Lee
Sgt. Barney
Raymond Pellegrin
Mekrane
Anthony Bushell
General Paterson
Alfred Burke
Lt. Colonel Callander
Ramón de Larrocha
Lieutenant Sanders
Ronan O'Casey
Sergeant Dunnigan
Fred Matter
Oberst Lutze
Raoul Delfosse
Lieutenant Kassel
Andrew Crawford
Private Roberts
Nigel Green
Private Wilkins
Harry Landis
Private Browning
Christian Melsen
Private Abbot
Production
Company
Robert Laffont Productions
Company
Transcontinental Films
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Paul Graetz
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