---
title: 'Bitter Victory (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nicholas Ray'
released: '1957-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bitter-victory-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050126/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bitter Victory (1957)

1957 · 97 min · War · France, United States


## Synopsis

Bitter Victory is a 1957 Franco-American international co-production drama war film, shot in CinemaScope and directed by Nicholas Ray. Set in World War II, it stars Richard Burton and Curt Jürgens as two British Army officers sent out on a commando raid in North Africa. Ruth Roman plays the former lover of one and the wife of the other. It is based on the novel of the same name by René Hardy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nicholas Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-ray)
- **Screenplay:** [Nicholas Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-ray), [René Hardy](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-hardy), [Paul Gallico](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-gallico), [Gavin Lambert](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-lambert)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Le Roux](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-le-roux)
- **Producer:** [Paul Graetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-graetz)

## Cast

- [Ruth Roman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-roman)
- [Richard Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-burton)
- [Anthony Bushell](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-bushell)
- [Christopher Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lee)
- [Raymond Pellegrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-pellegrin)
- [Alfred Burke](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-burke)
- [Curd Jürgens](https://cinepixo.com/people/curd-jurgens)
- [Raoul Delfosse](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-delfosse)
- [Nigel Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-green)

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