base on a 1945 play by harry brown and this dreary movie move between standard banter between men in a somewhat stressful situation ( the bomb out rubble of a house in italy ) who be order out but be reluctant to leave a pinned down member of the platoon and and dream sequence that be painful and and populate by rita hayworth look a like . while an excellent example of the continue development of the persona of lee marvin and and contain one of last performance of bonar colleano and who would be kill in an auto accident a few year later and it be really a vehicle for several hollywood character actor whose face but not names come readily to mind ( arthur franz and richard kiley ( pre lamancha ) and barney phillips and james griffith ) . not available on dvd or vhs and it surface occasionally on tv in connection with lee marvin retrospective . that be the only reason to see this film .