Attack is a war film that is bogged down by its premise. It's all about a cowardly man in power, throwing away lives to keep himself and the viewer away from any action.There isn't much combat, it is mostly all talking and there wasn't any comedy to speak of. I don't get what is suppose to be interesting about a cowardly man in power. Jack Palance does his best to make it watchable. His character was solid, but I just don't see why you'd give the guy a second opportunity to wrong you.

ATTACK! is a decent WW2 film made in a decade inundated with similar-looking pictures. It was an early feature in the career of director Robert Aldrich, who lends the film a touch of class missing in some of the cheaper genre efforts. The one thing that makes this film really stand out, though, is the effort to characterise the main players, rather than simply emphasising the action.This is just as much a psychological thriller as it is a war film. For a lot of the running time, the characters are holed up in single locations and fighting each other rather than the enemy. The battle of wills between hero Jack Palance and coward Eddie Albert is quite electrifying, building to some truly nail-biting scenes at the climax that buzz and crackle with power. You don't often get to experience that in war films.Palance is the real stand-out in this movie, finally getting the chance to play the hero after years of imposing henchman-type roles. He conveys his character's anguish very well and the bit where he tackles a couple of German tanks is incredible. Albert is well cast as his foe, and the likes of Lee Marvin, Robert Strauss, and Peter Van Eyck supply good supporting turns. ATTACK! is a film I'm surprised people don't know better because it's very impressive.

A 1956 movie, filmed in good quality black and white. A few slow dialog parts but overall lots of fighting and excellent script. The ending is most interesting more than once. I must say that at my age of 60, I recognized most of the actors in this movie. It is hard not to disassociate the would-be characters of Green Acres, Beverly Hill Billies and several more who play in this war movie. But after about 15 to 20 minutes, the fine acting takes over and one is caught up in the excellent script.The fights are well done and very true to what happened in WW2.The quality of the movie I saw on digital TV in 2011 was excellent.

Powerful, complex war drama of a cowardly officer getting his men killed in WWII. Politically way ahead of it's time. In the 50s it wasn't common to question the heroism of any American soldiers, much less officers. It's a movie with very tense, well-staged action scenes, very well acted by the leads. Although the film had a low budget, it's hard to tell unless your looking for it.Jack Palance and Lee Marvin are terrific, and if Eddie Albert is a bit on the nose, he's still effective. More than most war films, it leaves you with ideas to ponder. Some of the supporting performance are a bit OTT, but not enough to cause any real damage.