![]() ![]() ![]() His climactic scene is one of the most harrowing ever put on film. His courage and concern for the men he leads are set up in a direct counterpoint to Albert. The contrasting character is Jack Palance who is the lead character. There's not a bad performance here, not a minute of film wasted. How it all gets resolved is what you have to see Attack for and Robert Aldrich never directed a better film. ![]() That's causing problems up and down the ranks. Only Albert is an incompetent and a coward. He's got to babysit and keep an eye on Eddie Albert who's father is a big shot in the unnamed southern state he comes from. Lee Marvin is a politically ambitious colonel who's national guard company has been activated for World War II. No sham heroics here, just men doing a dirty job and caught in an extremely lousy situation due to politics. Based on a play Fragile Fox that was on Broadway during the early Fifties, Attack is one of the best war films ever made. ![]()
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