Ice Cold in Alex

About Ice Cold in Alex

A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.

J. Lee Thompson's Ice Cold in Alex is a 1958 war film. The film is filed under desert, beer, ambulance, and land mine.

John Mills takes the lead as Captain Anson, Sylvia Syms as Sister Diana Murdoch, Anthony Quayle as Captain van der Poel, and Harry Andrews as M.S.M. Pugh. At 125 minutes long, it arrived in June 1958.

The screenplay is by Christopher Landon and T. J. Morrison. Produced by Associated British Picture Corporation. In the United States it streams on BFI Player Amazon Channel.

Casablanca, Stalag 17, and The Hill make useful companions to Ice Cold in Alex, all filed under black and white, spy, and world war ii. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 110 votes and it carries a PG rating.