According to the officer's handbook, 'an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available' and for Major Bell the men in question are drunks, thieves and deserters. With the German army closing in on his company's position, Major Bell undertakes a suicidal mission to blow up a bridge of strategic importance to the enemy. His only help will come in the form of a rag-tag band of army rejects who must become heroes if they are to fulfil their mission and come back alive.
Cast
Dermot Walsh
Major Roy Bell
Anton Rodgers
Private Donald Conyers
Patrick McAlinney
Private Timothy Reilly
Hugh David
Private Walter Hoyt
Brian Peck
Private Bernard White
Max Butterfield
Private Anthony Burton
Richard Carpenter
Private Frederick Burton
Sheila Whittingham
Josette
John Scott
Colonel Moreton
Maurice Kaufmann
Private Thomas Mason
Crew
Ernest Morris
Director
Brian Clemens
Writer
Desmond Saunders
Editor
James Wilson
Director of Photography
Geoffrey Helman
Assistant Director
Brian Taylor
Production Supervisor
Harry Lee Danziger
Producer
Edward J. Danziger
Producer
Paddy Aherne
Camera Operator
Rene Coke
Wardrobe Designer
Elsie Alder
Hairdresser
Aldo Manganaro
Makeup Artist
John Smith
Sound Editor
W. Anson Howell
Sound Supervisor
George Adams
Sound Recordist
Bill Le Sage
Music
Phyllis Townshend
Script Supervisor, Continuity
John Draper
Production Manager
Norman G. Arnold
Art Direction
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