Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge is a 1965 American widescreen epic war film produced in Spain, directed by Ken Annakin and starring Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Telly Savalas, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews and Charles Bronson. The feature was filmed in Ultra Panavision 70 and exhibited in 70mm Cinerama. Battle of the Bulge had its world premiere on December 16, 1965, the 21st anniversary of the titular battle, at the Pacific Cinerama Dome Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Plot
In December 1944, Military Intelligence officer Lt. Col. Daniel Kiley and his pilot, Joe, are flying a reconnaissance mission over the Ardennes forest that spans easternmost Belgium, northern Luxembourg, and parts of bordering France and Germany. They locate a German staff car and photograph its occupants, buzzing low enough for a close-up to cause its shell-shocked driver to flee the car without stopping its engine. His commanding officer scolds him for wasting petrol, extremely precious to the German war effort.
More details
| author | Milton Sperling Philip Yordan |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Belgium |
| director | Ken Annakin |
| editor | Derek Parsons |
| events | World War II |
| genre | western |
| keywords | ambleve amel antwerp ardennes are dropped behind american lines black market break in capture commanding officer executive officer fight fly fuel depot german soldier hide improvised intelligence officer kill king tiger malmedy malmedy massacre massacred by ss troops meuse meuse river military police mp operation greif our our river panzerlied plan road sign schnee eifel secret plan sherman sherman tank siegfried line survive top secret war effort wound |
| musicBy | Benjamin Frankel |
| producer | Milton Sperling Philip Yordan |
| productionCompany | Cinerama United States Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Madrid |
| theme | epic war |