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Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts. As they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a Japanese broadcast. They now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a Japanese camp! The tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted "non-hero" Private Bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially Corporal Johnstone (who holds an equal dislike for Bamforth). When a Japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner, the true colours of each man comes to the surface
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1961-02-28
- video_camera_front Companies Michael Balcon Productions
- timer Runtime: 110 Mins
- star Rating: 7.1 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0054037
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Laurence Harvey
Pvt. 'Bammo' Bamforth

Richard Todd
Sgt. 'Mitch' Mitchem

Richard Harris
Cpl. Johnstone

David McCallum
Pvt. Sammy Whitaker

Ronald Fraser
L / Cpl. Macleish

John Meillon
Pte. Smith

John Rees
Pte. Evans

Kenji Takaki
Tojo
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