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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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To put this in context, I saw this in an outdoor theater at the Marine base at Camp Pendelton, California in 1959. I can't tell you how many movies I have seen in my life time, and how very few I remember. This is the movie that came to my mind when I read of Jack Palance's death. It was a guy film all the way, I mean Jeff Chandler and Jack Palance in the same flick? Too much. After nearly 50 years, I still remember so well how the film had me sitting on the edge of my seat. The suspense related to "will this bomb go off and kill the guy" was tremendous. Remember that in it's original form the film was black and white. I can still remember the details of the defusing of the bombs, and how sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. A fine movie in it's time.
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- $1,100,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
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