Date of Releases : 2 January 1961 (Brazil)

Director : Otto Preminger

Writers : Dalton Trumbo (screenplay), Leon Uris (novel)

Star Cast: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson

Brief: The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part of the film is about the situation in Israel as independence is declared and most of their neighbors attack them.

Rating: Approved