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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By D. Lloyd
Format:DVD
This is a reasonably good story of wartime action in freezing winter , An american recon patrol finds itself cut off from the rest of its division after a German offensive slices across the American lines. Trapped in enemy territory they they attempt to do the their duty and sabotage the enemies communications and although being hunted down by a German Ski patrol they discover a bridge between two mountains that will help the enemy advance so have to blow it uo.
Gripping edge of the seat action makes this a very entertaining film
Gripping edge of the seat action makes this a very entertaining film
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Barry
Format:DVD
This is a bad dvd as the story,the action,The actors where so bad i could only watch the first 10 mins,I turn it off,If you wont to waste money buy this DVD, 1 OUT OF 1O.
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2.5 out of 5 stars
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
"Do you think all Germans are freaks, sergeant?"
16 Mar 2005
By Dave
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
While at first glance this little-known WW2 movie looks like a flop worth missing, it's actually entertaining, given the limitations of its ultra low-budget. If it's star quality you're looking for, forget it. This is merely a guilty pleasure for hardcore war movie buffs!
As the Battle of the Bulge begins, five U.S. soldiers go behind German lines (via skis) to blow up a railroad bridge as well as gather information on enemy troop movements. Michael Forest plays the stone-faced lieutenant in command of the patrol, and Frank Wolf plays the sarcastic sergeant who constantly challenges the lieutenant's authority. And yes, that IS Roger Corman playing the German squad leader!
On their way to the bridge, the five American soldiers must contend with German ski patrols, freezing weather, and a deadly fraulein (with a Luger pistol!) they discover in a cabin. The special effects are pretty ridiculous, as well as the battle scenes, script, and the actors themselves. In one scene a German soldier "harpoons" a g.i. with his ski! A lot of actual footage from WW2 is used (to good effect, surprisingly) for the scenes of German infantry and tanks. South Dakota high school ski teams serve as extras, and the movie itself was filmed in Deadwood.
Despite the St. Clair Vision dvd's claim of "carefully re-mastered", the picture and sound quality are awful for a 1960 movie. Credit should be given to Roger Corman for directing (and producing) a 61 minute shoe-string budget war movie that's surprisingly entertaining. Even though it's a bare bones dvd, it's at least bargain-priced and thus I highly recommend it to diehard fans of war movies!
As the Battle of the Bulge begins, five U.S. soldiers go behind German lines (via skis) to blow up a railroad bridge as well as gather information on enemy troop movements. Michael Forest plays the stone-faced lieutenant in command of the patrol, and Frank Wolf plays the sarcastic sergeant who constantly challenges the lieutenant's authority. And yes, that IS Roger Corman playing the German squad leader!
On their way to the bridge, the five American soldiers must contend with German ski patrols, freezing weather, and a deadly fraulein (with a Luger pistol!) they discover in a cabin. The special effects are pretty ridiculous, as well as the battle scenes, script, and the actors themselves. In one scene a German soldier "harpoons" a g.i. with his ski! A lot of actual footage from WW2 is used (to good effect, surprisingly) for the scenes of German infantry and tanks. South Dakota high school ski teams serve as extras, and the movie itself was filmed in Deadwood.
Despite the St. Clair Vision dvd's claim of "carefully re-mastered", the picture and sound quality are awful for a 1960 movie. Credit should be given to Roger Corman for directing (and producing) a 61 minute shoe-string budget war movie that's surprisingly entertaining. Even though it's a bare bones dvd, it's at least bargain-priced and thus I highly recommend it to diehard fans of war movies!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Wear A Sweater While Watching!
9 Feb 2006
By Dufus
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Low budget, mostly poor acting, but the work involved in shooting this in that kind of terrain and weather is why I give it two stars and not just one. There seems to be some frames missing and the film copy used for this DVD is poor. But hey, it was less than four bucks!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Who Is Skeeter Bayer?
3 Mar 2013
By Lester Piggott-Smith
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Skeeter Bayer and Chan Biggs get Amazon's top billing in this early Roger Corman effort, but the two were hired as skiers and did little acting. The real stars are Frank Wolfe and Michael Forrest; Richard Sinatra (a nephew of Frank) had the other major role. I worked as a grip on this film (in between stints in college), and occasionally as a German soldier extra. It was filmed at Terry Peak in Lead, South Dakota, the second of two films Corman made in the Black Hills that year. (Corman co-produced the other, a classic, low budget horror stinker called "The Beast from the Haunted Cave" which was filmed in nearby Deadwood, mostly at the Franklin Hotel and the Old Style Bar -- the "cave" was an abandoned gold mine on Deadwood's outskirts.) Corman (whom Wolfe liked to call "C.B,." as in Cecil B. DeMille) actually did direct this movie, which isn't that bad considering the miniscule budget he had to work with. At least, it's not embarrassingly amateurish like the unintentionally campy "Beast" that has his name on it. Only for hard-bitten Corman fans.
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