Up from the Beach

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Up From the Beach
20th Century Fox
Release date
  • June 9, 1965 (1965-06-09)
Running time
99 minutes
CountriesUnited States
France
LanguageEnglish

Up from the Beach is a 1965 French-American

international co-production war film directed by Robert Parrish and starring Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons and James Robertson Justice.[1] It was based on a 1959 novel by George Barr called Epitaph for an Enemy.[2]

Plot

Following the Normandy landings at Omaha Beach, an American squad frees a group of French hostages but takes several casualties in an assault in Vierville-sur-Mer.

They capture a German officer who has treated the French in his jurisdiction with kindness, but the American sergeant discovers that no one on the busy beachhead wishes to be bothered with prisoners.

Production

The film was filmed in

US Department of Defense did not cooperate with the film, the American soldiers were played by French soldiers.[3][4]

Robert Parrish recalled that

Messerschmitt Bf 108 used in the film.[5] Robertson claimed Zanuck wanted to make the film to showcase his girlfriend Irina Demick who had appeared in The Longest Day. Robertson called the film "Up From the Bitch"[6] Irina Demick, Red Buttons and Fernand Ledoux
appeared in the original "The Longest Day".

Oskar Werner was the first choice for the German officer eventually played by Marius Goring. Werner, a World War II Wehrmacht veteran refused on the ground that in his opinion no German officer of the time would have held such humane feelings as the officer portrayed in the film.[7]

Reception

According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $4,200,000 in rentals to break even and made $2,645,000, meaning it made a loss.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Up from the Beach". IMDb.
  2. ^ Crowther, Bosley (10 June 1965). "' up from Beach' Opens at Capitol Theater:Story of World War II Uses French Actors". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Filming of 'Up from the Beach'". Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  4. ^ "Stop the war — he picked up the wrong helmet".
  5. ^ "The Official Website of Cliff Robertson". cliffrobertson.info. Archived from the original on 2006-08-13.
  6. ^ p.13 Becker, Frawley And the Stars Spoke Back 2004 Scarecrow Press
  7. ^ Notre Le Jour Plus Long La Presse de la Manche 2012
  8. ISBN 9780818404856
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