#Cast heavy shadows of doubt manuals
#Cast heavy shadows of doubt driver

John Wayne as 'the General', Marcus's commanding officer in the Second World War and now a senior general officer at the Pentagon, who initially refused him permission to go, but later supports him.

#Cast heavy shadows of doubt driver

Danny Perlman as Jeep Driver (uncredited)Ĭameo roles (listed as Special Appearances Cast) include:.

Gary Merrill as Pentagon Chief of Staff (scenes deleted).

Allan Cuthbertson as Immigration Officer.

Michael Douglas as Jeep Driver (uncredited).

The coffin containing his body is carried by an honor guard of the soldiers he trained and inspired. But, just before the convoy of trucks to Jerusalem starts out, he is shot and killed by a lone sentry who does not speak English - the last casualty before the United Nations impose a truce. Dubbing them 'the schnooks', Marcus is inspired by them to discover that he is proud to be a Jew.

Many of the soldiers under his command are newly arrived in Israel, determined and enthusiastic but untrained. He organises the construction of the ' Burma Road', bypassing Latrun, to enable convoys to reach besieged Jerusalem, where the population is on the verge of starvation.

He sets to work, recognising that, while the men under his command do not have proper training or weapons or even a system of ranks, they do have spirit and determination.

#Cast heavy shadows of doubt manuals

After preparing training manuals for the troops, he returns to New York, where his wife has suffered a miscarriage.ĭespite his wife's pleadings, he returns to Israel and is given command of the Jerusalem front with the rank of ' Aluf' (General), a rank not used since biblical days. But after he leads a commando raid on an Arab arms dump and assists in a landing of illegal refugees, he is more accepted. Marcus, who parachuted into occupied France during World War II and helped to organize the relief mission for one of the first Nazi concentration camps liberated by American troops, is initially viewed with suspicion by some Haganah soldiers. As 'Michael Stone', he arrives in Israel to be met by a Haganah member, Magda Simon. The Haganah gives him a false passport with the alias 'Michael Stone'. Marcus is refused permission by The Pentagon to go, unless he travels as a civilian. He is approached by a Haganah agent, Major Safir, who requests his assistance in preparing Israeli troops to defend the newly declared State against an invasion by its Arab neighbors. Marcus is an Army Reserve Colonel in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, who was recently released from active duty and is now working in New York City.