Up from the Beach
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Up from the Beach is a 1965
Anglo-American war film
directed by Robert Parrish
and starring Cliff Robertson
, Red Buttons and James Robertson Justice
. It was based on a 1959 novel by George Barr
called Epitaph for an Enemy.
The film was filmed in Cherbourg with a French cast and was set in the aftermath of the Normandy Landings where a group of Allied soldiers attempt to shelter Frenchmen who faced execution by the Nazis. As the US Department of Defense did not cooperate with the film, the American soldiers were played by French soldiers.
Robert Parrish recalled that Darryl F. Zanuck
made the film to use unused footage from The Longest Day (film)
with the film then marketed as a sequel. Cliff Robertson said he was given the Messerschmitt Bf 108
used in the film. Robertson claimed Zanuck wanted to make the film to showcase his girlfriend Irina Demick
who had appeared in The Longest Day. Robertson called the film "Up From the Bitch"
1965 in film
The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:...
Anglo-American war film
War film
War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...
directed by Robert Parrish
Robert Parrish
Robert R. Parrish was an American actor, film editor, film director, and writer. He received an Academy Award for Film Editing for the 1947 film, Body and Soul....
and starring Cliff Robertson
Cliff Robertson
Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson III was an American actor with a film and television career that spanned half of a century. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film PT 109, and won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie Charly...
, Red Buttons and James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice was a popular British character actor in British films of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.-Biography:...
. It was based on a 1959 novel by George Barr
George Barr
George Barr may refer to:*George Barr , science fiction artist*George Barr , soccer player-See also:*George Barr McCutcheon, American novelist and playwright...
called Epitaph for an Enemy.
The film was filmed in Cherbourg with a French cast and was set in the aftermath of the Normandy Landings where a group of Allied soldiers attempt to shelter Frenchmen who faced execution by the Nazis. As the US Department of Defense did not cooperate with the film, the American soldiers were played by French soldiers.
Robert Parrish recalled that Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl Francis Zanuck was an American producer, writer, actor, director and studio executive who played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors...
made the film to use unused footage from The Longest Day (film)
The Longest Day (film)
The Longest Day is a 1962 war film based on the 1959 history book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about "D-Day", the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during World War II....
with the film then marketed as a sequel. Cliff Robertson said he was given the Messerschmitt Bf 108
Messerschmitt Bf 108
-Popular culture:Bf 108s and postwar Nord 1000s, played the role of Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters in war movies, including The Longest Day, 633 Squadron, Von Ryan's Express and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.-See also:-References:Notes...
used in the film. Robertson claimed Zanuck wanted to make the film to showcase his girlfriend Irina Demick
Irina Demick
Irina Demick , sometimes credited as Irina Demich was a French actress with a brief career in American films....
who had appeared in The Longest Day. Robertson called the film "Up From the Bitch"