don not know why this movie appeal to me this much except for the excellent leo genn who make any movie well . it be one of those that i can watch over and over . i think it be that there be so many great british character actor and allan ladd isn not bad but his usual self . the story line be simple but then i be a small child at the beginning of the war and all the movie be very simplistic . i think that be what i enjoy . not a lot of side drama and just a straight forward telling of men at war in the old idealized style . the editing be a bit choppy in place and the old blue screen be obvious in odd place but sorry for the man who hear the pipe and be na bear in scotland .