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- Attack is a very tough, cynical war film and it's a very masculine one, even by the standards of its genre. It's well acted, tightly constructed and at times claustrophobic. Like Aldrich's later WWII actioner Too Late the Hero (1969), it explores and contrasts cowardice, heroism and incompetence.
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8/10. Brutal Attack takes no prisoners. st-shot 18 December 2020. Cowardice and creepy careerism are at the heart of this disturbing war film featuring outstanding performances from Jack Palance and Eddie Albert as officers at odds at the tail end of the war in Europe, 1944.
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Attack: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, Robert Strauss. In 1944, an American Infantry company sets up an artillery observation post, but tensions between Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Costa run high.
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- Action, Drama, War
- Robert Aldrich
- 1956-10-17
Attack, also known as Attack!, is a 1956 American war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, William Smithers, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel, Buddy Ebsen and Peter van Eyck. The cinematographer was Joseph Biroc.
Attack is a very tough, cynical war film and it's a very masculine one, even by the standards of its genre. It's well acted, tightly constructed and at times claustrophobic. Like Aldrich's later WWII actioner Too Late the Hero (1969), it explores and contrasts cowardice, heroism and incompetence.
Attack is no different as a war movie set during the Battle of the Bulge. Jack Palance is pitted against an inept and cowardly commanding officer played by Eddie Albert.
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- Robert Aldrich
Sep 10, 2012 · Often described as hysterical, this is in fact a brilliant predecessor to Kubrick's Paths of Glory using a fictional slant on World War II's Battle of the Bulge.
Screenplay. Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney's leadership ability.