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An elite Canadian commando unit is forced to work with an American squad made up of convicts from military prisons during the Second World War. Resentment inevitably erupts between the two groups, but they are soon fighting side by side on a mission in the Norwegian mountains. Action adventure, starring William Holden and Cliff Robertson
1968
HD
subtitles
Adventure/War
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
William Holden
(Actor)
.. Lt Col Robert T Frederick
Cliff Robertson
(Actor)
.. Maj Alan Crown
Vince Edwards
(Actor)
.. Maj Cliff Bricker
Dana Andrews
(Actor)
.. Brig Gen Walter Naylor
Andrew Prine
(Actor)
.. Theodore Ransom
Claude Akins
(Actor)
.. Rocky Rockman
Michael Rennie
(Actor)
.. Lt Gen Mark Clark
Carroll O'Connor
(Actor)
.. Maj Gen Maxwell Hunter
Richard Jaeckel
(Actor)
.. Omar Greco
Andrew V McLaglen
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
William Holden
(Actor)
.. Lt Col Robert T Frederick
Born:
April 17, 1918
in
Illinois
Best Known For:
Being an acclaimed Hollywood actor.
Early-life:
William Franklin Beedle Jr was born in Illinois on April 17, 1918. He father was an industrial chemist and his mother a teacher. The family moved to Pasadena, California, when William was three. In 1937, while studying chemistry at Pasadena Junior College, William was signed to a film contract by Paramount. His first starring role was in Golden Boy (1949).
Career:
Holden went on to star in several minor pictures before serving in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War, where he acted in training films for the First Motion Picture Unit. His big break came when Billy Wilder cast him as screenwriter Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard (1950). The role earned Holden an Academy Award nomination. He went on to star in a number of acclaimed films, including Stalag 17 (1953), Sabrina (1954), Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Towering Inferno (1974) and Network (1976). He won an Academy Award for Stalag 17, and a Primetime Emmy in 1974 for The Blue Knight. He died in his Santa Monica apartment on November 12, 1981 at the age of 63.
Quote:
"For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it."
Trivia:
He had a nine-year relationship with actress Stefanie Powers.
Cliff Robertson
(Actor)
.. Maj Alan Crown
Vince Edwards
(Actor)
.. Maj Cliff Bricker
Dana Andrews
(Actor)
.. Brig Gen Walter Naylor
Andrew Prine
(Actor)
.. Theodore Ransom
Claude Akins
(Actor)
.. Rocky Rockman
Michael Rennie
(Actor)
.. Lt Gen Mark Clark
Carroll O'Connor
(Actor)
.. Maj Gen Maxwell Hunter
Richard Jaeckel
(Actor)
.. Omar Greco
Andrew V McLaglen
(Director)
