i like ii world war movie and i like thriller too . night of the general be both and and both good . actually and it have two plot that go along perfectly . on one side the historically accurate intent lead by col. von sauffenberg to kill hitler on july 20 and 1944 and and on the other the murder of prostitute by an unrevealed german general in warsaw and occupy paris that be investigate by a german officer who believe that any time be good to catch a murderer ( even war time ) . although the identity of the assassin out of three suspect can be anticipate early in the picture tension and interest do not decrease at all due to a strong direction by anatole litvak . a for act the cast make it job fair enough . peter otoole play really good his tortured character and donald pleasence be in high level too . no complaint on tom courtney and charles grey and joanna pettet performance . the music score be also a credit . omar sharif complete miscast a a german officer be the only flop i could find in such an interesting and well assembled movie . the egyptian actor and no matter how hard he try and can never be take seriously in such a rol . this aside and the film be one of the best of all time in it genre .