The North Africa campaign. When their lorry is destroyed by enemy aircraft nine soldiers are forced to make a stand in an abandoned desert hut against almost overwhelming Italian forces.
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During World War Two, a group of English troops become cut off from their batallion while behind enemy lines in the western desert. Attacked by a German fighter plane and then caught in a sandstorm, the nine men seek refuge in a deserted tomb. However, they soon cross swords with a group of Italian soldiers in a similar situation. While the Italians lay siege to the British unit, the men plan a night-time counter-attack, but it can only be a matter of time before one side buckles under the strain...
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Gritty, violent and exciting, Nine Men dramatises the actions of a section of British troops in crisis during the North African War, cut off behind enemy lines in the Western Desert. Driven by a sandstorm to seek refuge in a tomb, they resist being besieged by Italian troops. The film's tense atmosphere highlights the imminent danger of the plot and is counterbalanced by good humour and comradeship amongst the troops which star, among others, Jack Lambert (The Captive Heart, Hue and Cry), as Sergeant Jack Watson, and Gordon Jackson (Yesterday's Enemy) as Young'un. Written and directed by Harry Watt, who had worked in the 1930s with the GPO, then Crown Film Unit on such celebrated documentary films as Night Mail (1936) and Target For Tonight (1941), Nine Men was Watt's first Ealing feature film before going on to direct such classics as Where No Vultures Fly and The Siege of Pinchgut. Actors Jack Lambert, Gordon Jackson, Frederick Piper, Grant Sutherland, Bill Blewitt, Eric Micklewood, John Varley, Jack Horsman & Richard Wilkinson Director Harry Watt Certificate PG Year 1943 Languages English - Dolby Digital (1.0) Mono Duration 1 hour and 4 minutes (approx)
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