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Ice Cold in Alex

3 guys...and a couple of gals...and the mission that led them through 600 miles of burning hell!

1958 · PG · 2h 5m

Directed by J. Lee Thompson

7.3

TMDB audience score
110 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.

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Cast

  • John Mills
    Captain Anson

  • Sylvia Syms
    Sister Diana Murdoch

  • Anthony Quayle
    Captain van der Poel

  • Harry Andrews
    M.S.M. Pugh

  • Diane Clare
    Sister Denise Norton

  • Richard Leech
    Captain Crosbie

  • Liam Redmond
    Brigadier (D.D.M.S.)

  • Allan Cuthbertson
    Brigadier's Staff Officer

  • David Lodge
    C.M.P Captain (Tank Trap)

  • Michael Nightingale
    C.M.P Captain (Check Point)

  • Basil Hoskins
    C.M.P Lieutenant (Alexandria)

  • Walter Gotell
    1st German Officer

  • Richard Marner
    German Guard

  • Peter Arne
    British Officer at Oasis

  • Paul Stassino
    Barman

  • Frederick Jaeger
    2nd German Officer