The Enemy General
Directed byGeorge Sherman
Screenplay byDan Pepper
Burt Picard
Story byDan Pepper
Produced bySam Katzman
StarringVan Johnson
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Dany Carrel
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byEdwin H. Bryant
Gordon Pilkington
Music byMischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Clover Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 19, 1960 (1960-10-19)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Enemy General is a 1960 American drama war film directed by George Sherman and starring Van Johnson.[1][2]

The film was shot on location in Europe.[2]

Plot

The setting is World War II. An Office of Strategic Services agent, working with the French Resistance, ambushes a Nazi convoy with a high-ranking general, who escapes. Later they take him from a Nazi prison and smuggle him to England.

Cast

Novelization

A novelization of the screenplay was issued by Monarch Books in May 1960—about two months in advance of the film's release (as was often customary in the era). The by-line was given as "Dan Pepper & Max Gareth". Both names were pseudonyms. "Dan Pepper", also credited as co-screenwriter, was a joint pseudonym for Lou Morheim (who would become a noted screenwriter and producer under his own name) and American novelist Stuart James.

References

  1. ↑ "Film review". New York Times. 28 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Katzman Preparing 'General' in Europe". Los Angeles Times. Sep 19, 1959. p. B2.


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