Middle Course
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Original British quad poster
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Directed by | Montgomery Tully |
Produced by | Edward J. Danziger Harry Lee Danziger |
Written by | Brian Clemens |
Starring | Vincent Ball Lisa Daniely Peter Illing |
Music by | Bill LeSage |
Cinematography | James Wilson (as Jimmy Wilson) |
Edited by | Bill Lewthwaite |
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Distributed by | United Artists Corporation (UK) |
Release dates
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1961 |
Running time
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59 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Middle Course is a low budget 1961 British war film.[1]
Plot
During World War II, a Canadian pilot crash lands in a small French village occupied by German forces. The villagers find a useful ally in the young flyer, but the Germans become anxious to eliminate the force behind the strengthened local resistance.
Cast
- Cliff - Vincent Ball
- Anna - Lisa Daniely
- Gromik - Peter Illing
- Paul - Roland Bartrop
- Renard - Marne Maitland
- Jacques - Robert Rietti
- Franz - André Maranne
- Commandant - André Mikhelson
- Herman - Jan Conrad
- Leverne - John Serret
- Jaghorst - William Abney
- Martine - Yvonne André
- Villager - Julian Sherrier
- Sgt. Wilhelm - Donald Tandy
- Pierre - Jacques Cey
Critical reception
TV Guide called the film "a predictable type of war drama that went out of fashion in the US ten years before this was made, but probably will always be resurrected in a nation that suffered so much at the time."[2]