Film: The Steel Bayonet

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Funny what inspires wargamers.  I was watching the 1950s war film 'The Steel Bayonet' on freeview a few nights ago. Its a decent war epic with actors who knew about combat.
A depelted British platoon hold an OP in a ruined Tunisan farmhouse and spot for the 25pounders until rumbled.

Two things:

First a possible wargame scenario with a damaged farm providing the perfect OP for off table artillery to lay down interdictive fire on an 'red' force convoy route. They keep going 'unobserved' until dice roll betrays position, and then a fight to overrun the OP, with dice for smoke to allow a withdrawl.

Second, the movie was shot close to Aldershot in 1957 and the "German" tanks were  Cromwells (still around until 1955!) and in disposal/reserve were aquired for a proxy roll as German panzers.
A small Latin American country with infantry in Stahlhelms pitted against a neighbour in US gear and Chaffees & M4 Shermans?

Michael Caine has a small part in the movie, but I did'nt spot him.

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According to IMDB, Caine was playing a German! 

I am a fan of A Hill in Korea which sounds very similar ... a small group of British soldiers hold out against insuperable odds against Chinese - with Michael Caine in a small role.

IIRC, Cromwells were the bad guys  in that film as well - though there is an element of historical accuracy to that one.

I didn't realise he was in Carve Her Name With Pride as "Thirsty Prisoner on Train".