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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 beer that the crew drink at journey's end in the novel is Rhinegold. Although it's not actually a German beer, it certainly sounds like one. As the war was still a very fresh memory in many people's heads at the time, the decision was made to go with Danish Carlsberg beer instead.
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 flies were so bad on location that most of the cast had to be sprayed with DDT, a chemical which is now banned.
One of the problems with the iconic final scene was that Sylvia Syms hated lager.
In the bar scene in Alexandria, John Mills was drinking real beer because ginger ale and other substitutes didn't look real enough on film. In the final cut (the 14th take) he actually was quite drunk.
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