Attack!

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drama film film war film

Attack! is a 1956 American World War II drama film directed by Robert Aldrich, noted for its intense portrayal of battlefield cowardice and moral conflict within a U.S. Army unit.

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Attack! canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Norman Brooks ⓘ
basedOn Fragile Fox ⓘ
play ⓘ
character Capt. Erskine Cooney ⓘ
Col. Bartlett ⓘ
Lt. Harold Woodruff ⓘ
Lt. Joe Costa ⓘ
cinematographyBy Joseph F. Biroc ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsConflict World War II ⓘ
depictsOrganization United States Army ⓘ
director Robert Aldrich ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editedBy Alan Crosland Jr. ⓘ
filmLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
format black-and-white ⓘ
genre World War II film ⓘ
anti-war film ⓘ
war drama ⓘ
hasColorProcess black and white ⓘ
mainTheme battlefield cowardice ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
musicBy Frank De Vol ⓘ
narrativeFocus infantry company under incompetent leadership ⓘ
notableFor critique of military hierarchy ⓘ
intense portrayal of battlefield cowardice ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Eddie Albert as Capt. Erskine Cooney ⓘ
Jack Palance as Lt. Joe Costa ⓘ
Lee Marvin as Col. Bartlett ⓘ
William Smithers as Lt. Harold Woodruff ⓘ
producer Robert Aldrich ⓘ
productionCompany The Associates & Aldrich Company ⓘ
surface form: The Associates and Aldrich Company
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1954 ⓘ
releaseDate 1956-09-28 ⓘ
releaseYear 1956 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 107 ⓘ
screenwriter James Poe ⓘ
settingPeriod 1944 ⓘ
settingPlace Western Front ⓘ
stars Buddy Ebsen ⓘ
Eddie Albert ⓘ
Jack Palance ⓘ
Lee Marvin ⓘ
Richard Jaeckel ⓘ
Robert Strauss ⓘ
Strother Martin ⓘ
William Smithers ⓘ

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Robert Aldrich → notableWork → Attack! ⓘ
Jack Palance → notableWork → Attack! ⓘ
Edward Albert Heimberger → notableWork → Attack! ⓘ