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Paratrooper

Duration:
88 min
Genres:
Drama | War
IMDB rate:
6
Director:
Terence Young
Details
Country: UK
Filming Locations: London Film Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Alan Ladd
Canada
Leo Genn
Major Snow
Susan Stephen
Penny Gardner
Harry Andrews
R.S.M.
Donald Houston
Taffy
Anthony Bushell
General Whiting
Patric Doonan
Flash
Stanley Baker
Breton
Lana Morris
Pinky
Tim Turner
Rupert
Michael Kelly
Dawes
Thomas Heathcote
Alf
Carl Duering
Rossi
John Boxer
Flight Sgt. Box
Harry Locke
Medical Orderly
Michael Balfour
American Sergeant
Guido Lorraine
German Officer
Dermot Palmer
Dakota Pilot
George Margo
American Crewman
Richard Ford
Wellington Pilot
Walter Gotell
German Sentry
Martin Lyder
German Sentry
Yvonne Stein
Nurse
Peter Burton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Guy De Monceau
Minor Role (uncredited)
Henry B. Longhurst
Minor Role (uncredited)
Richard Shaw
Minor Role (uncredited)
Peter Swanwick
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Trivia
Director Terence Young was himself a former paratrooper in the British army during WWII and participated and got wounded in the battle for Arnhem in 1944.
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According to the 2001 book 'Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films' by James Chapman, this movie grossed at the international box-office about US $ 8 million whilst its negative budget cost was around US $ 700,000.
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Alan Ladd's wife, Sue Carol, had a big influence on Alan's career and contract negotiations. For this movie, she demanded it be shot in Technicolor, have a major studio's distribution guarantee and first class travel and accommodation for her, their four children and their nurse during the shoot. Sue was a catalyst in closing the deal after Alan's agent Lew Wasserman initially rejected the producers' offer of US $200,000 plus 10% of the profits.
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Goofs
The aircraft is also in a natural-aluminum finish. This was standard when the film was made; but at the time the film is set, the aircraft would have worn camouflage.
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On the way to north Africa one of the paratroopers is reading a comic book with the title "The Crimson Comet". This comic book series did not begin until 1949.
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Right before the raid on the airfield at Bone, some of the paratroops bolt for a taxiing DC-3 and, without official authorization, climb aboard, so as not to miss their chance to take part in the airborne assault. This DC-3 has distinctive side markings, including a very visible "602" on the tail. Yet, when these same paratroops jump from this same plane, the side markings are now completely different, not the least of which is the total absence of the "602" tail number.
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Photos from cast
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