Arousing action/drama by legendary director Robert Aldrich? Starring Jimmy Stewart?! Yes, please! Add to this some tense survival stakes, and a real man’s-man ensemble cast, and a dusty Sahara-meets-Lifeboat-meets-The-Great-Escape plot contrivances, and you know you’re in for a good time.

If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Stanley Kwan’s Rouge (1987).