Why the hell is this movie unknown?!!!
This is as good as Battleground or Objective, Burma!.
"I got the conch" - Lord of the Flies
Jack Palance might have won an Oscar for "City Slickers", but I wonder if I've ever seen him this good!
sharehey this movie is on encore action wensday, at 450 am. anyone have a copy of this on dvd?
But I am alive. And I am not afraid.
Bought this movie in dvd format In Australia at xmas time, havnt seen it in years, excellent drama
shareI have a copy of the DVD....it is one of my fav war movies.....
shareFirst saw this movie back in like 1962--on WOR ch 9 in New York--the tank running over Lt Costa's arm was the talk of my 2d grade class-- I taped it off TV in like 1986--but never saw a DVD of it--until today--in a Krogers Supermarket of all places, there it was----Robert Aldrich directed both "Attack" and "Kiss Me Deadly" within a year of each other--WOW--he's the man--funny how Eddie Albert just about made a career out of playing slimey guys--but yeah, in his mid 30's he was in the thick of WWII--plucking bodies out the Tarawa surf---Jack Palance should have been nominated for an Oscar for this film--he was way into it--pretty cool to see Strother Martin at the very beginning--one the the great War films.
shareThat's funny, I remember seing it on WOR out of NYC too! One channel used to play the 4:30 movie and it was the "movie of the week" - same movie all week long at 4:30 pm. Attack was on all week and I think I saw it all 5 times. After that it was a middle of the night 2am. movie. Remember this was before the age of vcr's, so if you didn't sit up and watch it, you didn't catch it. Nice to own videos and dvd's now so anytime you want you can just run it.
sharehmm Saw this one too in NYC back in late 60s. Rem bringing it up a lot at
SUNY New Paltz in MFA class in early 70s. Teacher was hip guy from Pratt but
he's been in Korea so had mixed feelings about Attack, On one hand guy like
MASH film but less so about others. Had to push him on The Amerization of
Emily for some war satire. Helped that I'd lost my father in WW II or I'd
have been out on my butt. People are so touchy about some things.
Attack is killer good. Almost a horror film given that arm scene! Vivid.
Forgot Aldrich did the terrific Kiss Me Deadly. Man, could see that one
over and over. Thanks for pointing that out.
And weren't those some fun days when there were Late Late Late Night Movies.
Tho usually the third ones were pretty bad, lol. And a few of the seconds too.
Jack Palance could read the telephone book out loud and scare the Yell out of you. His soft voice always carried an undertone of menace about it, and when he got mad, head for the hills!
In the poker game scene with Albert, Marvin and Smithers, watch Palance's facial expressions. His cadaverous face ripples with malevolence and signals that he is just LOOKING to rip Albert's guts out.
Another good performance is in "Panic in the Streets", where he projects a sinister character so well it is almost physical. You DO NOT want to get on the wrong side of this guy.
I agree about an earlier post. the Title is misleading. Thank God there is netflix. out lee marvin appreciation I rented it and wasnt expecting such a good war drama.
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First of all, I'm replying to a 14 year old post from IMDb. It almost gives me chills.
Jack Palance might have won an Oscar for "City Slickers", but I wonder if I've ever seen him this good!
Agree completely. He was so good in this and might I add I don't think he ever looked better except for maybe Shane.
This movie is impressive and not that well known which should change. Just look at that cast of actors! share