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Ice Cold in Alex is a 1958 British war film set during the Western Desert campaign of World War II based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Landon. Directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring John Mills, the film was a prizewinner at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival. [4]
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A stellar cast including John Mills (who basically was in every Brit made WWII film), the stunning and talented Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle who can play anyone and the ever present Harry...
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- John Mills
- J. Lee Thompson
- War
- A realistic tone. Ice Cold in Alex is much less jingoistic than many war films of its time. The mission is about survival rather than victory or defeat – watching today you might be reminded of Bryan Forbes’ underrated PoW drama King Rat (1965) in which ethical certainties play second fiddle to the business of staying alive.
- The resolute protagonist. One of the biggest British stars of the 1940s and 50s, thanks to roles in terrific fare such as This Happy Breed (1944) and Waterloo Road (1945), John Mills had a big 1958.
- Trucking hell. An ambulance is not a truck, but even so Ice Cold in Alex plays something like a British answer to the French suspense classic The Wages of Fear.
- More than method. Sylvia Syms once claimed that there was “very little acting” in the film because the conditions of filming in Libya were so difficult.
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
Jul 19, 2020 · After a tragic failure of nerve as they escape a German patrol he resolves not to drink again until they get to Alexandria, where he knows a place where they serve the best beer in the city, poured so cold that the glasses frost up.
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Cast: John Mills, Anthony Quayle and Sylvia Syms. Ice Cold in Alex is a rip-roaring tale of determination, courage and ingenuity in the most unforgiving of environments, and the friendships born out of such endurance.
