Hill 24 Doesn't Answer
| Hill 24 Doesn't Answer | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Thorold Dickinson |
| Written by | Zvi Kolitz Peter Frye |
| Produced by | Thorold Dickinson and Peter Frye |
| Starring | Edward Mulhare |
| Cinematography | Gerald Gibbs |
| Edited by | Joanna Dickinson Thorold Dickinson |
| Music by | Paul Ben Haim |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | English/Hebrew[1] |
Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (Hebrew: Giv'a 24 Eina Ona), the first feature film produced in Israel, is a 1955 Israeli war film directed by Thorold Dickinson. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The plot revolves around the personal stories of a number of soldiers who are on their way to defend a strategic hill overlooking the road to Jerusalem.
Cast
- Edward Mulhare as James Finnegan
- Michael Wager as Allan Goodman
- Margalit Oved as Esther Hadassi
- Arik Lavie as David Airam (as Arich Lavi)
- Michael Shillo as Capt. Yehuda Berger
- Haya Harareet as Miriam Miszrahi
- Eric Greene as Agent Browning
- Stanley Preston as Chief British Agent Lawson
- Haim Eynav as Ya'acov, young soldier
- Zalman Lebiush as The Rabbi
- Azaria Rapaport as German Mercenary (Former Nazi)
- Abraham Barzilai as U.N. Arab Official
- Shoshana Damari as Miriam's Druze Friend
- Shoshana Duer as Hospital Matron
- Shraga Friedman as Travel Agent
- Leon Gilboa as U.N. French Official
- David Hershkovitz as Street Vendor
- Burton Most as U.N. American Official
- David Ram as U.N. Israeli Official
- Ruth Rappaport as Hospital Nurse
- Mati Raz as Levin, the interpreter
- Yossi Yadin as Israeli Commander At Jerusalem Wall
- Arie Zeidmann as Itzik'l
References
- ^ "Israeli 'Hill 24 Doesn't Answer' at World", New York Times, 3 November 1955
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Hill 24 Doesn't Answer". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
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