![]() It follows the attempts of an all-star cast to battle 1,500 miles across Europe and be first across the finishing line in Monte Carlo. ![]() But will Captain Anson get his beer?Ī follow-up to Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (it was called Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies in the US), Monte Carlo or Bust is, like its predecessor, best described as a cartoon filmed with real actors. Negotiating minefields, fixing a broken spring, rescuing van der Poel from quicksand and hand-cranking Katy up a sand dune in reverse all make for an epic adventure. ![]() After the death of one of the nurses on his crew, Anson vows not to drink again until he can enjoy a frosty lager at their destination – the ‘ice cold in Alex’ of the title. The intrepid crew acquire a hitchhiker, a supposed South African officer Captain van der Poel (Anthony Quayle) who may not be all he says and seems very keen to keep prying eyes away from his backpack. Their transport is an Austin K2/Y army ambulance, nicknamed ‘Katy’. ![]() Set in 1941, Ice Cold in Alex follows the alcoholic Captain Anson’s (John Mills) attempts to flee the besieged city of Tobruk and travel across the desert to rejoin the British lines in Alexandria. This might not seem to fit in the conventional mould of a road movie, given its wartime setting and almost complete absence of tarmacadam, but in using a journey to show its protagonists overcoming adversity and growing, it is one of the best. ![]()
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