Attack!
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.
Plot
Europe 1944: Fox company (call sign "Fragile Fox") is a US Army National Guard infantry unit based in a Belgian town near the front line. They are led by Captain Erskine Cooney (Eddie Albert), who appears to be better at handling red tape than combat. When Lieutenant Joe Costa (Jack Palance) sends a squad to take a pillbox, Cooney agrees to provide covering fire but freezes at the critical moment leading to the slaughter of Costa's squad, and the off-screen death of Lt. Ned Lathrop, another company officer who had attempted to rescue the squad.
More details
| author | James Poe |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Belgium |
| director | Robert Aldrich |
| editor | Michael Luciano |
| events | World War II |
| genre | western |
| keywords | army national guard battle of the bulge bazooka belgian build commanding officer death sentence distinguished service cross drink europe first class follow god injured kill mental breakdown missing in action national guard pillbox reconnaissance red tape right|thumb|[[lee marvin]] as the manipulative colonel ss officer surround survive tank voice western europe wound |
| musicBy | Frank De Vol |
| producer | Robert Aldrich |
| productionCompany | Robert Aldrich |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | war |