Nine Men (1943)
The Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the Italian and German troops until they can be relieved.
- Date of release
- 1943-02-22
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Harry Watt
Casting
- Gordon Jackson — Young 'un
- Grant Sutherland — Jock Scott
- Bill Blewitt — Bill Parker
- Eric Micklewood — 'Bookie' Lee
- Jack Horsman — Joe Harvey
- Richard Wilkinson — Lt Crawford
- Guilio Finzi — Italian Mechanic
- Jack Lambert — Sergeant Watson
- Frederick Piper — Banger Hill
- Fred Griffiths — Base Sergeant (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Nine Men is a 1943 British war film, set in the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War.
Production
The film is an Ealing Studios production and marked the first fiction film assignment for celebrated documentary film director Harry Watt, who had worked at the Crown Film Unit. With only a £20,000 budget, the film's exterior desert sequences were shot at Margam Sands, Glamorgan.
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