Nine Men DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Gritty violent & 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 & is counterbalanced by good humour & comradeship amongst the troops which star among others Jack Lambert (The Captive Heart Hue & Cry) as Sergeant Jack Watson & Gordon Jackson (Yesterday&s Enemy) as Young&un Written & 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) & 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 & 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 PGYear 1943 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 1 hour & 4 minutes (approx)