Ice Cold in Alex
“3 guys...and a couple of gals...and the mission that led them through 600 miles of burning hell!”
1958 · 2 h 10 min
J. Lee ThompsonCast
John Mills 
Anthony Quayle 
Sylvia Syms 
Harry Andrews 
Diane Clare Richard Leech
Credits
Written by: Christopher Landon
Plot
During WWII, an army captain, a sergeant and two nurses drive an ambulance across the desert, dreaming of a cold beer in Alexandria.
Sinekatalog’s take
J. Lee Thompson's war adventure is tense and classic, with John Mills and a very famous beer-drinking scene.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (7,579 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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