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451:. An early confrontation between French general Arnold Moss and captured Chinese officer Philip Ahn clearly identifies the enemy not as the Viet Minh, but international ommunism. Little is said of the fact that the French defeat, with massive casualties before and after the surrender, helped inspire the nation to withdraw from its former colony. For all its jingoism, the film has its charms, particularly in the performances of an international cast." 281:
Low on ammunition, water and other supplies, Callaux, who is despondent after having learned in a letter that his wife has been unfaithful, volunteers to fetch water from a nearby river. He changes his will, leaving his wife nothing, and dispatches it via helicopter. He returns to the fort with the
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rages and the fight drags on for weeks. Heldman heroically staves off enemy soldiers armed with explosives and kills them with a grenade before dying. Bonet attempts to stop the Viet Minh attack by approaching enemy lines under a white flag but is gunned down. Bertrand tries in vain to rescue him.
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At French headquarters in Paris, Captain Guy Bertrand, a former prisoner of war for three years during World War II, volunteers to join. He wants to see action as well as rendezvous with his former love Gisele, who is unhappily married to Bonet, a major at the fort. Also on their way are Captain
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The situation is hopeless. The enemy is tunneling in and, now without ammunition, the Frenchmen must resort to hand-to-hand combat. In his final act, de Castries orders Bertrand and Maupin to try to escape. De Castries takes a last look around, realizing that the end for him is near.
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officer among his Viet Minh prisoners. The general is desperate for new leadership for his men. He radios the French high command at
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Callaux, who has been goaded into participating by his nagging, social-climbing wife, Lieutenant Heldman, a former
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began on September 23, 1954 and lasted until late October. Battle scenes were shot at the Janes Ranch in
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In 1954, Dien Bien Phu, a French-controlled fortress in Indochina, is under siege by
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jingoism: "The spoken prologue compares the Battle of Dienbienphu to fall of the
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The men parachute down to the area and, with great difficulty, reach the fort. A
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Harford, Margaret (1955-05-07). "'Into Hell' Tribute to Dien Bien Phu".
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newsreel footage of the fall of Dien Bien Phu with live-action scenes.
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a "eatly paced actioner of paratroopers involved in Indochina war."
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Jacques Scott as Lieutenant De Jean (credited as Jack Scott)
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Jump Into Hell

film poster
David Butler
Irving Wallace
David Weisbart
Jack Sernas
Kurt Kasznar
Arnold Moss
J. Peverell Marley
Irene Morra
David Buttolph
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc.
war film
David Butler
Jacques Sernas
Kurt Kasznar
Hollywood
French Indochina
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Viet Minh
Red Chinese
Hanoi
Afrika Korps
legionnaire
monsoon
Jacques Sernas
Kurt Kasznar
Arnold Moss
Peter van Eyck

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