Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
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Directors
J. Lee Thompson
Cast
John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Diane Clare
The story
Captain Anson, the officer commanding a British RASC Motor Ambulance Company in Tobruk, is suffering from battle fatigue and alcoholism. Ahead of the Axis capture of Tobruk by the Afrika Korps, Anson's unit is ordered to evacuate to Alexandria. Anson, MSM Tom Pugh and two nurses, Sister Diana Murdoch and Sister Denise Norton, become separated from the others in an Austin K2/Y ambulance nicknamed Katy.
Genres
Drama, War Film, war film
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