starring
Kirk Douglas , Adolphe Menjou
The first in a season of films covering many different aspects of war is based on an actual incident of World War I. Ordered into an attack against an impregnable German position, the French troops fall back after only a few yards. General Mireau, who sees every skirmish in terms of his own prestige, decides to court martial three men, chosen at random, for cowardice. Their commander, Colonel Dax, defends them and discovers that political fighting can be just as deadly as the front line.
Screenplay by STANLEY KUBRICK , CALDER WILLINGHAM and JIM THOMPSON based on a novel by HUMPHREY COBB
Director STANLEY KUBRICK ( Black and white)
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