Bitter Victory

Bitter Victory
Original US film poster
Directed byNicholas Ray
Screenplay byRené Hardy
Nicholas Ray
Gavin Lambert
Paul Gallico (additional dialogue)[1]
Based onAmère victoire
1956 novel
by René Hardy[1]
Produced byPaul Graetz
StarringRichard Burton
Curt Jürgens
Ruth Roman
CinematographyMichel Kelber
Edited byLéonide Azar
Music byMaurice Leroux
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
Transcontinental Films S.A.
Robert Laffont Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 29 August 1957 (1957-08-29) (Venice FF)
  • 20 November 1957 (1957-11-20) (France)
  • 25 January 1958 (1958-01-25) (UK)
  • 3 March 1958 (1958-03-03) (US)
Running time
102 minutes[2]
CountriesFrance
United States
LanguageEnglish

Bitter Victory (French title Amère victoire) is a 1957 Franco-American international co-production film, shot in CinemaScope and directed by Nicholas Ray. Set in World War II, it stars Richard Burton and Curt Jürgens as two British Army officers sent out on a commando raid in North Africa. Ruth Roman plays the former lover of one and the wife of the other. It is based on the novel of the same name by René Hardy.


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