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Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)

Director(s) J. Lee Thompson
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Top Genres Adventure, Drama, War
Top Topics World War II
More Films Directed by J. Lee Thompson More Films from 1958 More Films from the 1950s Top Classic Movies of the 1950s Top World War II Films

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Ice-Cold in Alex (1958) was a Adventure - War Film directed by J. Lee Thompson .

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The song that van der Poel sings is called "Sarie Marais" and is used as a regimental quick march by the UK's Corps of Royal Marines. It first came to the attention of British troops during the Boer War.
The final scenes have been used in two British advertising campaigns in the 80s. One was for Holsten Pils, interspersing comedian Griff Rhys Jones into the original footage, a la Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. Carlsberg themselves then later used the footage to promote their lager, colorizing it.
The flies were so bad on location that most of the cast had to be sprayed with DDT, a chemical which is now banned.
The Austin K2 Ambulance used was actually four wheel drive and had presumably been converted for the movie using a front axle and wheels from a Canadian Military Pattern truck along with a transfer box and prop shafts. The hubs are slightly different to that on a normal K2 and the differential housing of the live axle can be seen on some shots. It was probably changed so it could extricate itself more easily in the shots where it was bogged down.There's seems to have been 2 Austin K2s used for "Katy" as in some shots it has the driven front axle and in others the original beam axle fitted to these vehicles.
The cast earned considerably more than they were paid for the film when footage from it was used many years later in a British commercial for Carlsberg lager.
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