Broadsword calling "Danny Boy...."

Rating: 8/10 (18 September 2001)

Well, would late night TV be the same without this film being on at least twice a year. A damn fine classic in all senses of the word and underated greatly.
It never did have the all star cast of "The Guns of Navarone" but then it did have a decent plot, snow and Ingrid Pitt.
My Grandfather made me watch this film and I stared wide-eyed throughout... Would they make it? Who's the traiter? Could Ingrid's chest get any closer to her chin?
All fantastic school boy fun without a single dash of realism to spoil the fun.
Nice to cast my mind back to when the English played the good guys in films. Burton being perfect as the cold hearted and calculating but totally credible "Smith". An astonishingly young Clint Eastwood also brings something fresh to the screen.
Derren Nesbitt brings new value to the 'creepy Nazi' stereotype.

All in all, every bit as good as G.O.N. with less social comment and more action.