During the Allied push to Paris, General Patton's tanks have outrun their supply lines in a dramatic dash into German-held territory. Lieut. Campbell is assigned to throw together a racially mixed 'red ball' unit of supply trucks and get them through to the front. Campbell's sergeant is Kallek, a bitter young man who despises Campbell, believing him to be responsible for the death of his brother before World War II began. The two men remain at odds during the dangerous mission, and find the...
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Budd Boetticher directs this 1950s drama following a group of military truck drivers sent on a dangerous mission in World War II Germany. With General Patton's tanks piercing the German lines at will it appears that the war is finally drawing to a close. However, such is the speed of the US advance that their foremost attacking units have lost contact with the main supply lines. A group of drivers led by Lieutenant Campbell (Jeff Chandler) and including Sergeant Kallek (Alex Nicol) and Private Partridge (Charles Drake) set out for the front lines carrying supplies. However, the enmity between Campbell and Kallek and lingering pockets of enemy troops make the mission anything but straightforward...
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