This film has always been highly regarded as a fine portrayal of realistic warfare. Until Saving Private Ryan, critically acclaimed for the most realistically graphic images combining the human and military cost of bloody conflict. The 'Sound Off'' marching rhythm caused quite a stir at the time too.

A movie that, in my opinion, has been blotted out by many more modern war films. This is a Black & White film I'll be leaving on the shelf for sometime as it didn't have enough action for me but then some would say this brings the realism home ; enemy action wasn't always back-to-back those days (not that I'm speaking from experience). If you have every war movie apart from this one then why not buy it just to make your collection complete but... thats all. Stick to Saving Private Ryan.