---
title: 'The Best of Enemies (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Guy Hamilton'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-best-of-enemies-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054678/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Best of Enemies (1961)

1961 · 104 min · Comedy, War · Italy, United States


## Synopsis

The Best of Enemies is a 1961 Italian film directed by Guy Hamilton and Alessandro Blasetti set during the World War II East African Campaign, but filmed in Israel. It stars David Niven, Alberto Sordi and Michael Wilding. It was nominated for four Golden Globe awards in 1963, winning the Samuel Goldwyn International Award.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Guy Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-hamilton)
- **Screenplay:** [Furio Scarpelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/furio-scarpelli), [Suso Cecchi d'Amico](https://cinepixo.com/people/suso-cecchi-d-amico), [Agenore Incrocci](https://cinepixo.com/people/agenore-incrocci), [Luciano Vincenzoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-vincenzoni)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nino Rota](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-rota)
- **Producer:** [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Giuseppe Rotunno](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-rotunno)
- **Editor:** [Bert Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-bates)

## Cast

- [David Opatoshu](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-opatoshu)
- [Duncan Macrae](https://cinepixo.com/people/duncan-macrae)
- [Amedeo Nazzari](https://cinepixo.com/people/amedeo-nazzari)
- [Bruno Cattaneo](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-cattaneo)
- [Aldo Giuffrè](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-giuffre)
- [Michael Trubshawe](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-trubshawe)
- [Noel Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-harrison)
- [Alberto Sordi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-sordi)
- [Ronald Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-fraser)
- [Harry Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-andrews)
- [Tiberio Mitri](https://cinepixo.com/people/tiberio-mitri)
- [Bernard Cribbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-cribbins)
- [Michael Wilding](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-wilding)
- [David Niven](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-niven)

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