Capt. Leith
Search results
Bitter Victory (French title Amère victoire) is a 1957 Franco-American international co-production film, shot in CinemaScope and directed by Nicholas Ray. Set in World War II, it stars Richard Burton and Curt Jürgens as two British Army officers sent out on a commando raid in North Africa.
Bitter Victory: Directed by Nicholas Ray. With Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin. A commander receives a citation for an attack on Erwin Rommel's headquarters, which is actually undeserved, as the commander is unfit for his job.
British Capt. Leith (Richard Burton) knows the Libyan Desert like the back of his hand, but Maj. Brand (Curt Jurgens), who's unfamiliar with the terrain, is chosen...
- (19)
- War
Jun 29, 2020 · Directed by Nicholas Ray with Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Ruth Roman and Raymond Pellegrin. Bitter Victory DVD : https://amzn.to/3VN2s0w Bitter Victory Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/3J5vu3G...
Bitter Victory (1957, Fr./US) (aka Amère Victoire) In Nicholas Ray's powerful, black and white CinemaScopic anti-war drama set during WWII: the opening scene (behind the title credits) set at a British base - a long shot of hanging stuffed dummies or mannequins used by British soldiers for target practice training - book-ended in the closing scene
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.
In North Africa during World War II, Major David Brand is assigned to lead a British commando raid into German-held Benghazi to retrieve whatever documents they can lay their hands on at the German headquarters.
Purchase Bitter Victory on digital and stream instantly or download offline. A World War II drama starring Richard Burton (Academy Award(r) nomination for Best Actor, Equus, 1977 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?, 1966) and Curt Jurgens (The Spy Who Loved Me) as Captain Leith and Major Brand, a pair of British Army officers assigned to execute ...
Aug 18, 2009 · At a British outpost in Libya during World War II, commandoes train to raid General Rommel's headquarters in Benghazi and steal the German general's secret documents.
Bitter Victory is a 1957 Franco-American international co-production film, shot in CinemaScope and directed by Nicholas Ray. Set in World War II, it stars Richard Burton and Curt Jürgens as two British Army officers sent out on a commando raid in North Africa.
