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The Red Beret (1953) was a Drama - War Film directed by Terence Young and produced by Anthony Bushell, Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli.

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About an hour into the film, Leo Genn enters his office and tosses his hat across the room where it lands on a hat rack. A similar bit was a running gag in the early James Bond films which also had Terence Young directing and Richard Maibaum writing.
This movie's closing epilogue states: "The producers of this film gratefully acknowledge the advice, assistance and facilities provided by the War Office and the Air Ministry and, above all, our thanks are due to the Officers and Men of the Airborne Forces - those men who wear the Red Beret." Apparently, on American prints of this film where this movie is called , the last stanza saying "those men who wear the Red Beret" is not included.
Debut movie as a producer for producer Albert R. Broccoli.
According to the book 'British War Films, 1939-1945: The Cinema and the Services' by S.P. Mackenzie, facilities, locations and background artists were supplied to the production by The Parachute Regiment. These were all provided at the Royal Air Force's RAF Abingdon Parachute School at Abingdon in Oxfordshire, England.
According to the 2001 book 'Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films' by James Chapman, this movie grossed at the international box-office about US $ 8 million whilst its negative budget cost was around US $ 700,000.
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