the platoon is outraged when Dubrowski tells them what happened. After Lt. Pauling diffuses the situation, he is blinded by enemy fire. Sgt. Forrest selects Mason to take care of Lt. Pauling. The platoon attacks a German-occupied farmhouse later that morning, resulting in the deaths of Lambert, Hernandez and Nolan. The platoon raid the farmhouse once after killing a German machine gun team. They find a German soldier Hans Schacht holding a French girl named Marianne hostage. Hans is taken prisoner and Marianne volunteers to aid Lt. Pauling. Hans informs the platoon that there are 300 German soldiers between them and the Douve. The platoon later hijacks a German truck and forces the driver to take them to a tavern that is being used as a German headquarters. They capture a number of German soldiers and send them to a cellar. At gunpoint, Hans telephones false orders to draw German troops away from their positions. Behind the platoon’s back, Hans leaves the telephone line open so that the Germans can hear their chatter. A truckload of Germans raid are dispatched to the tavern, causing the platoon and Marianne to flee. Hans and the Germans who were sent to the cellar are killed by friendly fire. Talbot, Foley, Smith and Torren are killed by enemy fire and Mason is wounded in the arm. The seven surviving members of the party (Mason, Lt. Pauling, Marianne, Corliss, Sgt. Forrest, Grimes and Dubrowski) escape the tavern by truck. By midday, the party links up with the rest of D Company at the bridge that they were supposed to hold. Lt. Pauling bids farewell to Marianne before him and Mason are driven to a field hospital. Cast Tom Tryon as Pvt. Mason Jan Merlin as Lt. Pauling Jacqueline Beer as Marianne Alvy Moore as Pvt. Grimes Martin Milner as Pvt. Corliss Joe di Reda as Pvt. Dubrowski Mark Damon as Pvt. Lambert Paul Burke as Cpl. Dreef Pat Conway as Sgt. Forrest Edward G. Robinson Jr. as Pvt. Smith Robert Blake as Pvt. Hernandez Robert Boon as Hans Schacht Ralph Votrian as Pvt. Talbot Paul Smith as Pvt. Foley Robert Roark as Pvt. Torren Robert Dix as Pvt. Peterson Wayne Taylor as Pvt. Nolan Production Parts of the film were filmed at Fort Benning, Georgia. The technical advisers were Richard Haynes Case, a D-Day veteran of the 101st and Werner Klingler, a German film director