Reply With QuoteI think it is The guns of Naverone, I remeber the the finger clicking so I have seen the film but not sure
if this is it, could well be.
I have a vague memory of a film from around 25 years ago. I'm fairly sure it was set in WWII. All I can remember is a group of men - Americans I think - either escaping from or sabotaging a German stronghold, which I think was a castle. The one thing that sticks in my mind was that they had to synchronise their actions by clicking their fingers, presumably because they had no watches. Sounds bizarre doesn't it!
It may well have been a TV film, as I remember it had that glossy look that was so prevalent in US TV during the late 60's and 70's. Apart from that, I've got nothing to go on. I'm a WWII buff so I know all the usual suspects off by heart (and have most on DVD), but this one niggles me from time to time. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks, Kev.
I think it is The guns of Naverone, I remeber the the finger clicking so I have seen the film but not sure
if this is it, could well be.
There is a similar "clicking" theme in the film " The Longest Day" (1962), but the Americans carry a clicking device to communicate with each other.
I'm pretty sure it was 'The Dirty Dozen' or its sequel.
Doesn't a German soldier replicate it by cocking his rifle?name='tylopar']There is a similar "clicking" theme in the film " The Longest Day" (1962), but the Americans carry a clicking device to communicate with each other.
name='DB7']Doesn't a German soldier replicate it by cocking his rifle?
Indeed he does.
It's Roger Corman's THE SECRET INVASION (1964) which was recently released on DVD in the US.
name='earlb']I'm pretty sure it was 'The Dirty Dozen' or its sequel.
Yes, sounds about right...but didn't the men in that movie recite a time co-ordinated rhyme with which to set their charges... less clicking and more reciting methinks (?)
The German clicking the rifle thing comes from The Longest Day (Sal Mineo plays the unfortunate soldier killed as a result of misinterpreting this). In The Longest Day a group of paratroopers are giving "clicking devices" to help them communicate after they have landed.
The 'clicking devices' in The Longest Day' were clicking frogs which were sold in Woolworths both in the UK and US. You can still get them in '5 and Dime' stores. They worked by bending a thin piece of steel and then letting it go. The click was made by the metal straigtening out very quickly.
'The Longest Day' was the very last black and white film/programme to be shown on prime television when BBC 1 broadcast it 1980
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