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.

• Nicholas RayDirector
• René HardyScreenplay
• Nicholas RayScreenplay
• Gavin LambertScreenplay
• Maurice Le RouxOriginal Music Composer

• Richard BurtonCapt. Leith
• Curd JürgensMajor David Brand
• Ruth RomanJane Brand
• Christopher LeeSgt. Barney
• Raymond PellegrinMekrane
• Anthony BushellGeneral Paterson
• Alfred BurkeLt. Colonel Callander
• Ramón de LarrochaLieutenant Sanders
• Ronan O'CaseySergeant Dunnigan
• Fred MatterOberst Lutze
• Raoul DelfosseLieutenant Kassel
• Andrew CrawfordPrivate Roberts