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Up from the Beach
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This war-drama centers more on the effects of battle on civilians than it does on the bravery of the fighters as it tells the story of a courageous squadron of Yankee soldiers endeavoring to protect and bring to safety a village full of French civilians whom they saved from German captors following the Allied invasion of Normandy. During the battle to free them, the soldiers also capture a German officer. They then begin heading toward the beach with the civilians so they can go to England. Unfortunately, the beachmaster does not know they are coming and regretfully sends them back. Twice more the squadron and the civilians go back to the beach, but they are still not allowed to go. Things get even worse when the Germans begin bombing the remains of their town and they are forced to find some place to hide until help arrives. ~ Sandra Brennan, RoviCast
- Cliff Robertson - Sgt. Edward Baxter
- Red Buttons - Pfc. Harry Devine
- Irina Demick - Lili Rolland
- Marius Goring - German Commandant
- Slim Pickens - Artillery Colonel
Credit
Willy Holt - Art Director, Robert Parrish - Director, Samuel E. Beetley - Editor, Edgar Cosma - Composer (Music Score), Edgar Cosma - Musical Direction/Supervision, Albert Rajau - Production Designer, Walter Wottitz - Cinematographer, Christian Ferry - Producer, Karl Baumgartner - Special Effects, Georges Iaconelli - Special Effects, Claude Brule - Screenwriter, Stanley Mann - Screenwriter, Howard Clewes - Screenwriter, George Barr - Book Author| Up for the Derby (1933 Film), Up for the Cup (1950 Film) | |
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Up from the Beach
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Up from the Beach
| Up From the Beach | |
|---|---|
 film poster by Frank McCarthy |
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| Directed by | Robert Parrish |
| Produced by | Christian Ferry |
| Written by | Claude Brulé Stanley Mann Howard Clewes George Barr(novel) |
| Starring | Cliff Robertson Irina Demick Red Buttons |
| Music by | Edgar Cosma |
| Cinematography | Walter Wottitz |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | June 9, 1965 |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States of America/France |
| Language | English |
Up from the Beach is a 1965 Anglo-American war film directed by Robert Parrish and starring Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons and James Robertson Justice.[1] It was based on a 1959 novel by George Barr called Epitaph for an Enemy.[2]
The film was filmed in Cherbourg with a French cast and was set in the aftermath of the Normandy Landings where a group of Allied soldiers attempt to shelter Frenchmen who faced execution by the Nazis. As the US Department of Defense did not cooperate with the film, the American soldiers were played by French soldiers.[3]
Robert Parrish recalled that Darryl F. Zanuck made the film to use unused footage from The Longest Day (film) with the film then marketed as a sequel. Cliff Robertson said he was given the Messerschmitt Bf 108 used in the film.[4] Robertson claimed Zanuck wanted to make the film to showcase his girlfriend Irina Demick who had appeared in The Longest Day. Robertson called the film "Up From the Bitch"[5] Both Irina Demick and Red Buttons appeared in the original "Longest Day".
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059853/
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9503E2D6163BE13ABC4852DFB066838E679EDE
- ^ http://www.stripes.com/photoday/upfrombeach/index.html
- ^ http://cliffrobertson.info/cliffhanger.htm
- ^ p.13 Becker, Frawley And the Stars Spoke Back 2004 Scarecrow Press
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