Bitter Victory

Bitter Victory

102 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 28, 1957

During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the arrival of Brand's wife, who had a tryst with Leith years earlier.

Bitter Victory

102 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 28, 1957

Bitter Victory
During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the arrival of Brand's wife, who had a tryst with Leith years earlier.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Columbia Pictures, Transcontinental Films, Robert Laffont Productions
Original title Bitter Victory
Directors Édouard Luntz, Christian Ferry, Nicholas Ray
Writers Gavin Lambert, René Hardy, Nicholas Ray

Cast

Richard Burton

as Capt. Leith

Curd Jürgens

as Major David Brand

Ruth Roman

as Jane Brand

Christopher Lee

as Sgt. Barney

Raymond Pellegrin

as Mekrane

Anthony Bushell

as General Paterson

Alfred Burke

as Lt. Colonel Callander

Ramón de Larrocha

as Lieutenant Sanders

Ronan O'Casey

as Sergeant Dunnigan

Fred Matter

as Oberst Lutze

Raoul Delfosse

as Lieutenant Kassel

Andrew Crawford

as Private Roberts

Nigel Green

as Private Wilkins

Harry Landis

as Private Browning

Christian Melsen

as Private Abbot

Sumner Williams

as Private Anderson

Joé Davray

as Private Spicer

Sean Kelly

as Lieutenant Barton