The read
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Grant.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
23 audience votes
Key crew
- George HurdalekScreenplay
- Silvia ReinhardtScreenplay
- Jan LustigScreenplay
- Gottfried ReinhardtDirector
- Dalton TrumboWriter
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kirk DouglasMajor Garrett
- Barbara RüttingInge Koerner
- Christine KaufmannKarin Steinhof
- E.G. MarshallColonel Pakenham
- Hans NielsenKarl Steinhof
- Ingrid van BergenTrude
- Robert BlakeCorporal Jim Larkin
- Richard JaeckelCorporal Birdwell Scott
- Frank SuttonSergeant Chuck Snyder
- Karin HardtFrau Steinhof
- Gerhart LippertFrank Borgmann
- Mal SondockPrivate Joey Haines
Stills
Themes
rapevillageu.s. soldier