Two separate clips from Nicholas Ray's "Bitter Victory", based on René Hardy's novel, with Richard Burton, Curd Jürgens, Raymond Pellegrin, Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, Ronan O'Casey, Fred Matter et al. Music by Maurice Leroux.
The BBC showed a pre-restoration pan and scan version of this film in the early 90s - it was a different edit and, to be honest, I thought a better edit. The restoration seems to have cut and re-arranged some scenes to detrimental effect, especially during the desert scenes.
