Released:
1979-03-01

Overview:
Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just as the Allies launch their invasion of Normandy.

Director:
Andrew V. McLaglen

Runtime:
1h 33min

Genre:
Drama, History, War

• Cast:
• 
  Richard Burton
  as
  Sergeant Steiner
• 
  Rod Steiger
  as
  General Webster
• 
  Robert Mitchum
  as
  Colonel Rogers
• 
  Véronique Vendell
  as
  Yvette
• 
  Werner Pochath
  as
  Keppel