The Enemy General

The Enemy General is a 1960 American drama war film directed by George Sherman and starring Van Johnson.^[1][2]

The Enemy General
Directed by	George Sherman
Screenplay by	Dan Pepper Burt Picard
Story by	Dan Pepper
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Van Johnson Jean-Pierre Aumont Dany Carrel
Cinematography	Basil Emmott
Edited by	Edwin H. Bryant Gordon Pilkington
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production company	Clover Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 19, 1960 (1960-10-19)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The film was shot on location in Europe.^[2]

Plot

The setting is World War II. An Office of Strategic Services agent, working with the French Resistance, ambushes a Nazi convoy with a high-ranking general, who escapes. Later they take him from a Nazi prison and smuggle him to England.

Cast

• Van Johnson as Captain Allan Lemaire
• Jean-Pierre Aumont as Lionel Durand
• Dany Carrel as Lisette
• John Van Dreelen as SS-Gruppenführer Ernest Bruger
• Françoise Prévost as Nicole
• Hubert Noël as Claude
• Jacques Marin as Marceau
• Gérard Landry as Navarre
• Edward Fleming as Sergeant Allen
• Paul Bonifas as Mayor
• Paul Muller as Major Zughoff

Novelization

A novelization of the screenplay was issued by Monarch Books in May 1960—about two months in advance of the film's release (as was often customary in the era). The by-line was given as "Dan Pepper & Max Gareth". Both names were pseudonyms. "Dan Pepper", also credited as co-screenwriter, was a joint pseudonym for Lou Morheim (who would become a noted screenwriter and producer under his own name) and American novelist Stuart James. ^{[citation needed]}