Overview
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.
Cast
- Richard Burton as Capt. Leith
- Curd Jürgens as Major David Brand
- Ruth Roman as Jane Brand
- Christopher Lee as Sgt. Barney
- Raymond Pellegrin as Mekrane
- Anthony Bushell as General Paterson
- Alfred Burke as Lt. Colonel Callander
- Ramón de Larrocha as Lieutenant Sanders
- Ronan O'Casey as Sergeant Dunnigan
- Fred Matter as Oberst Lutze