Movie
Attack
Overview
Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney's leadership ability.
Details
- Release date
- 1956-09-19
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Associates & Aldrich Company, United Artists
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack Palance as Joe Costa
- Eddie Albert as Erskine Cooney
- Lee Marvin as Clyde Bartlett
- Robert Strauss as Bernstein
- Richard Jaeckel as Snowden
- Buddy Ebsen as Tolliver
- Strother Martin as Ingersol
- Jon Shepodd as John Jackson
- Peter van Eyck as SS Captain
- Steven Geray as Otto
- Jud Taylor as Jacob R. Abramowitz
- Louis Mercier as Brouise
Crew
- Robert Aldrich - Director
- James Poe - Screenplay
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