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Ice Cold in Alex
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7.3A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
Released: 1958-06-24125 minDir: J. Lee ThompsonWar, Adventure, Drama
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Cast
- John Mills as Captain Anson
- Sylvia Syms as Sister Diana Murdoch
- Anthony Quayle as Captain van der Poel
- Harry Andrews as M.S.M. Pugh
- Diane Clare as Sister Denise Norton
- Richard Leech as Captain Crosbie
Themes
- ambulance
- spy
- world war ii
- beer
- black and white
- desert
- land mine
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
6,816 votes
- Year
- 1958
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, War
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 4 BAFTA 1 win & 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- J. Lee Thompson
- Cast member
- Peter Arne
- Composer
- Leighton Lucas
- Production company
- Associated British Picture Corporation
- Cinematographer
- Gilbert Taylor
- Narrative location
- Egypt
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 868465
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1959-04-06
- title
- Ice Cold in Alex
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- set in environment
- desert
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Gallery (6)
Available in 13 languages
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Finnish
- Luxembourgish
- Nederlands
- Serbian (Latin)
- Svenska
- Welsh
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