Eddie Albert as Capt. Erskine Cooney

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Eddie Albert as Capt. Erskine Cooney refers to the actor’s portrayal of a cowardly and indecisive U.S. Army captain in the 1956 World War II film "Attack!".

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Predicate Object
instanceOf acting performance
film character portrayal
appearsIn Attack! NERFINISHED
basedOn Attack (play) NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Norman Brooks NERFINISHED
characterTrait cowardly
indecisive
conflictDepicted World War II NERFINISHED
coStarsWith Jack Palance NERFINISHED
Lee Marvin NERFINISHED
William Smithers NERFINISHED
countryOfFilmProduction United States NERFINISHED
directedBy Robert Aldrich NERFINISHED
distributedBy United Artists
genre World War II film
war film
languageOfFilm English
medium film
militaryBranchOfCharacter United States Army NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction antagonistic officer
nationalityOfCharacter United States NERFINISHED
performedBy Eddie Albert NERFINISHED
portrays Captain Erskine Cooney NERFINISHED
productionCompany The Associates and Aldrich Company NERFINISHED
rankOfCharacter Captain
settingOfCharacterActions European Theater of World War II NERFINISHED
themeAssociation conflict between officers and enlisted men
cowardice under fire
military incompetence
yearOfFilmRelease 1956

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Attack! portrayedBy Eddie Albert as Capt. Erskine Cooney