Cast:
John Mills, Anthony Quayle and Sylvia Syms
Ice Cold in Alex is a rip-roaring tale of determination, courage and ingenuity in the most unforgiving of environments, and the friendships born out of such endurance.
Adapted by Christopher Landon from his own classic novel, based on his own experiences serving in North Africa, it’s set during the Western Desert campaign of World War II, and sees an assorted bunch of army personnel make an epic journey across the blistering desert in a battered old ambulance – all the while sustained by the promise of the tall, frothy, ice-cold glasses of beer that await them upon their arrival in Alexandria (the “Alex” of the title).