Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)

93 min · Action, Drama, War Film, thriller film

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Directors

Robert Aldrich

Cast

Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler, Martine Carol, Robert Cornthwaite, Dave Willock, Wesley Addy, James Goodwin, Virginia Baker, Richard Wattis, Nancy Lee

The story

In post-war Berlin, British Major Haven recruits members of what's left of a returning German bomb disposal unit—Hans Globke, Peter Tillig, Wolfgang Sulke, Franz Loeffler, Karl Wirtz and Eric Koertner—to defuse unexploded Allied bombs throughout the city. Karl bets Eric that he will outlive him. The other men soon agree that half of their salaries will go to the survivors in three months' time.

Catalogue themes and tags

Berlin, Bomb, Bomb Disposal, Bomb Explosion, Destroy, Explosive Device, German Soldier, Return, Schäden, Soldatin, Suicide Mission, War's End, World War 2, Mystery, Drama, War film, Romance Film, Action, Combat Films

Genres

Action, Drama, War Film, thriller film

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