Nine Men ( 9 Men )

Nine Men (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: 9 Men
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
64 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1943 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Harry Watt

Written By:
Gerald Kersh
Harry Watt

Actors:
Jack Lambert ..... Sergeant Jack Watson
Gordon Jackson ..... Young 'un
Frederick Piper ..... 'Badger' Hill
Grant Sutherland ..... Jock Scott
Bill Blewitt ..... Bill Parker
Eric Micklewood ..... 'Bookie' Lee
John Varley ..... 'Dusty' Johnstone
Jack Horsman ..... Joe Harvey
Richard Wilkinson ..... Lieutenant Crawford
Giulio Finzi ..... Italian mechanic
Fred Griffiths ..... Base sergeant

Synopsis:

Gritty, violent and exciting, Nine Men dramatises the actions of a section of British troops in crisis during the North African War, cut off behind enemy lines in the Western Desert. Driven by a sandstorm to seek refuge in a tomb, they resist being besieged by Italian troops. The film's tense atmosphere highlights the imminent danger of the plot and is counterbalanced by good humour and comradeship amongst the troops which star, among others, Jack Lambert (The Captive Heart, Hue and Cry), as Sergeant Jack Watson, and Gordon Jackson (Yesterday's Enemy) as Young'un. Written and directed by Harry Watt, who had worked in the 1930s with the GPO, then Crown Film Unit on such celebrated documentary films as Night Mail (1936) and Target For Tonight (1941), Nine Men was Watt's first Ealing feature film before going on to direct such classics as Where No Vultures Fly and The Siege of Pinchgut.

The Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the Italian and German troops until they cam be relieved.

Documentary style feature. Nine soldiers and sergeant in early part of the North African campaign. Lost and ambushed, they fight until rescuing forces link up with them.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 20 February, 2010.

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