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Attack (1956)

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Release Date: Oct 17, 1956 Wide

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It is easy to see why the US Army refused to cooperate in the production of Attack. Based on the Norman Brooks play The Fragile Fox, this searing war film is a powerful indictment against a military system which protects even its most incompetent of officers. Eddie Albert plays a posturing but hopelessly inept infantry captain, whose misdeeds are covered up by his colonel Lee Marvin. Albert has strong political connections in the US, and Marvin hopes to take advantage of this after the war.

Unrated, 1 hr. 47 min.

Drama, Classics

Directed By: Robert Aldrich

Written By: James Poe

In Theaters: Oct 17, 1956 Wide

On DVD: May 20, 2003

United Artists

Cast

Jack Palance
Lieutenant Joe Costa
Eddie Albert
Capt. Erskine Cooney
Lee Marvin
Col. Bartlett
Robert Strauss
Pvt. Bernstein
Richard Jaeckel
Pvt. Snowden
Buddy Ebsen
Sgt. Tolliver
William Smithers
Lt. Harold Woodruff
Jon Shepodd
Corporal Jackson
Jimmy Goodwin
Pfc. Ricks
Peter van Eyck
German Officer
Steven Geray
German Non-Com
Louis Mercier
Old Frenchman
Strother Martin
Sgt. Ingersol
Ron Mc Neil
Pfc. Jones
Mike Ragan
Henry Rowland
Leonard Bremen

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One of Robert Aldrich's best films, this dark, grim, cynical portrait of infantry warfare in 1944 Belgium is extremely well acted by Jack Palance, Lee Marvin, Eddie Albert and the rest of the male cast.

July 29, 2010 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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It seems like film noir told as a war drama.

April 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Aldrich conduz com seguran�a a tens�o crescente da narrativa, e conta, ainda, com a forte presen�a de Palance. Os �nicos problemas residem nos prolixos minutos finais e no personagem de Albert, que acaba se tornando muito caricatural.

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Pablo Villaca

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Jack Palance gives the performance of his career as a tough lieutenant who loses one too many men because of the cowardice of his commanding officer Eddie Albert. Robert Aldrich went on to make many testosterone fuelled XY pleasers such as The Dirty Dozen and The Longest Yard, but Attack is a far more sophisticated,

February 24, 2007

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Jack Palance tries to lead an infantry company in the waning days of WWII. He battles tough German resistance and an enormously incompetent commanding officer (Eddie Albert).A classic anti-war film of the 1950's that's weakened a bit by a couple of one dimensional characters. Albert's extreme cowardice is countered

February 1, 2009