Bitter Victory | |
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Directed by | Nicholas Ray |
Screenplay by | René Hardy Nicholas Ray Gavin Lambert Paul Gallico (additional dialogue)[1] |
Based on | Amère victoire 1956 novel by René Hardy[1] |
Produced by | Paul Graetz |
Starring | Richard Burton Curt Jürgens Ruth Roman |
Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
Edited by | Léonide Azar |
Music by | Maurice Leroux |
Color process | Black and white |
Production companies | Transcontinental Films S.A. Robert Laffont Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes[2] |
Countries | France United States |
Language | English |
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.