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War, Drama 103 min NR
IMDb6.7
The great novel of today becomes the great picture of our time !
Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.
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When "Maj. Joppolo" (John Hodiak) and his squad arrive in the eponymous Italian town, he finds it's war-weary population apprehensive of yet another conqueror telling the what they can and cannot do. His challenge is made even more difficult when he receives orders that will constrain the movements of the villagers and that means their drinking water and food will become even harder to obtain. The major decides to countermand these commands and gradually starts to build quite robust relationship with the locals who begin to admire his integrity and respect for them and the rule of law. The bell? Well that's been merrily chiming away from their small church for seven hundred years until it was required for the war effort. They want it back! He puts his bloodhounds onto the case, but what chance? Meantime he starts to befriend the charming young "Tina" (Gene Tierney) who is pining for her love who is away fighting in the war. The two start to bond as he also misses his wife back home in the USA - then the two of them get some separate doses of bad news that will impact on both of their futures. Have they still time to sort out a bell, though? Though Hodiak and Tierney take top billin
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