Outnumbered - unarmed - unprepared - they stunned the world with their incredible victory!
An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Kirk DouglasCol. David 'Mickey' Marcus
- John WayneGen. Mike Randolph
- Senta BergerMagda Simon
- Angie DickinsonEmma Marcus
- James DonaldMaj. Safir
- Yul BrynnerAsher Gonen
- Frank SinatraVince Talmadge
- Stathis GiallelisRam Oren
- Luther AdlerJacob Zion
- Gordon JacksonJames MacAfee
Crew
- Melville ShavelsonDirector
- Ted BerkmanScreenplay
- Melville ShavelsonScreenplay
- Aldo TontiDirector of Photography
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Bert BatesEditor
- Gene RuggieroEditor
- Melville ShavelsonProducer
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