According to the officer's handbook, 'an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available' and for Major Bell the men in question are drunks, thieves and deserters. With the German army closing in on his company's position, Major Bell undertakes a suicidal mission to blow up a bridge of strategic importance to the enemy. His only help will come in the form of a rag-tag band of army rejects who must become heroes if they are to fulfil their mission and come back alive.
- Created by
- Ernest Morris
- Origin
- GB
- TMDB rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 2 votes
Cast
Dermot WalshMajor Roy Bell
Anton RodgersPrivate Donald Conyers- Patrick McAlinneyPrivate Timothy Reilly
Hugh DavidPrivate Walter Hoyt
Brian PeckPrivate Bernard White- Max ButterfieldPrivate Anthony Burton
Richard CarpenterPrivate Frederick Burton- Sheila WhittinghamJosette
- John ScottColonel Moreton
Maurice KaufmannPrivate Thomas Mason