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* HilariousInHindsight: At one point, Clint Eastwood's character is called a [[Film/DirtyHarry "punk"]].
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* ShockingMoments: Despite the film being over 50 years old, enough stuff was exploded and riddled with bullet holes that most of the effects are still pretty cool. Throw in Creator/ClintEastwood and Creator/RichardBurton trying their hardest to level the Alps without so much as breaking a sweat, and it's difficult not to be impressed.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: While most of the effects, namely explosions, are well done and are, for the most part, realistic enough for most viewers, one instance has not aged well: when [[spoiler:Christiansen]] falls off the tram car, it's quite obviously fake.

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* SpecialEffectsFailure: While most of the effects, namely explosions, are well done and are, for the most part, realistic enough for most viewers, one instance has not aged well: when [[spoiler:Christiansen]] falls off the tram car, it's quite obviously fake.fake, not helped by the cable car closeup shots being made with [[DrivingADesk rear projection]].
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* HolyShitQuotient: Despite the film being over 50 years old, enough stuff was exploded and riddled with bulletholes that most of the effects are still pretty cool. Throw in Creator/ClintEastwood and Creator/RichardBurton trying their hardest to level the Alps without so much as breaking a sweat, and it's difficult not to be impressed.

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* HolyShitQuotient: ShockingMoments: Despite the film being over 50 years old, enough stuff was exploded and riddled with bulletholes bullet holes that most of the effects are still pretty cool. Throw in Creator/ClintEastwood and Creator/RichardBurton trying their hardest to level the Alps without so much as breaking a sweat, and it's difficult not to be impressed.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: The film is so much more famous than the novel, that, despite author [=MacLean=]'s mild fame, most people are unaware there even ''was'' a book.

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* AdaptationDisplacement: The film is so much more famous than the novel, that, despite author [=MacLean=]'s Creator/AlistairMacLean's mild fame, most people are unaware there even ''was'' a book.
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* HolyShitQuotient: Despite the film being over 40 years old, enough stuff was exploded and riddled with bulletholes that most of the effects are still pretty cool. Throw in Creator/ClintEastwood and Creator/RichardBurton trying their hardest to level the Alps without so much as breaking a sweat, and it's difficult not to be impressed.

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* HolyShitQuotient: Despite the film being over 40 50 years old, enough stuff was exploded and riddled with bulletholes that most of the effects are still pretty cool. Throw in Creator/ClintEastwood and Creator/RichardBurton trying their hardest to level the Alps without so much as breaking a sweat, and it's difficult not to be impressed.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler: Colonel Turner]], although he's quite comprehensively OutGambitted by [[spoiler: Rolland and Smith]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: At one point, Clint Eastwood's character is called a [[Film/DirtyHarry "punk"]].
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* HolyShitQuotient: Despite the film being over 40 years old, enough stuff was exploded and riddled with bulletholes that most of the effects are still pretty cool. Throw in Creator/ClintEastwood and RichardBurton trying their hardest to level the Alps without so much as breaking a sweat, and it's difficult not to be impressed.

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* HolyShitQuotient: Despite the film being over 40 years old, enough stuff was exploded and riddled with bulletholes that most of the effects are still pretty cool. Throw in Creator/ClintEastwood and RichardBurton Creator/RichardBurton trying their hardest to level the Alps without so much as breaking a sweat, and it's difficult not to be impressed.
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* HolyShitQuotient: Despite the film being over 40 years old, enough stuff was exploded and riddled with bulletholes that most of the effects are still pretty cool. Throw in ClintEastwood and RichardBurton trying their hardest to level the Alps without so much as breaking a sweat, and it's difficult not to be impressed.

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* HolyShitQuotient: Despite the film being over 40 years old, enough stuff was exploded and riddled with bulletholes that most of the effects are still pretty cool. Throw in ClintEastwood Creator/ClintEastwood and RichardBurton trying their hardest to level the Alps without so much as breaking a sweat, and it's difficult not to be impressed.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The main theme and associated [[RecurringRiff recurring riffs]] are absolute classics amongst war movies.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The main theme and associated [[RecurringRiff recurring riffs]] {{Recurring Riff}}s are absolute classics amongst war movies.



* SpecialEffectsFailure: While most of the effects, namely explosions, are well done and are, for the most part, realistic enough for most viewers, one instance has not aged well: when [[spoiler:Christainsen]] falls off the tram car, it's quite obviously fake.

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* SpecialEffectsFailure: While most of the effects, namely explosions, are well done and are, for the most part, realistic enough for most viewers, one instance has not aged well: when [[spoiler:Christainsen]] [[spoiler:Christiansen]] falls off the tram car, it's quite obviously fake.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: While most of the effects, namely explosions, are well done and are, for the most part, realistic enough for most viewers, one instance has not aged well: when [[spoiler:Christainsen]] falls off the tram car, it's quite obviously fake.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: The film is so much more famous than the novel, that, despite author [=MacLean=]'s mild fame, most people are unaware there even ''was'' a book.

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