Editing Ice Cold in Alex (section)

{{Short description|1958 British war film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Ice Cold in Alex
| image          = Ice Cold in Alex poster.jpg
| caption        = British film poster
| director       = [[J. Lee Thompson]]
| producer       = W. A. Whittaker
| based_on       = {{based on|''Ice Cold in Alex''<br/>1957 novel|[[Christopher Landon (screenwriter)|Christopher Landon]]}}<ref name=Landon>{{cite book |last=Landon |first=Christoper Guy |title=Ice Cold in Alex |publisher=William Heinemann |location=London |date=1957 |oclc=561816348 }}</ref>
| screenplay     = Christopher Landon<br/>T. J. Morrison
| starring       = [[John Mills]]<br />[[Sylvia Syms]]<br />[[Anthony Quayle]]<br />[[Harry Andrews]]
| music          = [[Leighton Lucas]]
| cinematography = [[Gilbert Taylor]]
| editing        = [[Richard Best (film editor)|Richard Best]]
| studio         = [[Associated British Picture Corporation]]
| distributor    = <!-- part of ABPC above. -->Associated British-Pathé {{small|(United Kingdom)}}<br/>[[20th Century Fox]]<br/>{{small|(United States)}}
| released       = {{Film date|1958|06|24|UK|1961|03|22|US|df=y}}
| runtime        = 130 minutes {{small|(uncut)}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150524154729/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/ice-cold-alex-1958 BBFC.co.uk: Running times for "Ice Cold in Alex"] Retrieved 24 May 2015</ref><br/>76 minutes {{small|(US 1961 Theatrical Version)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053935/technical |publisher=IMDb |title=Running times for 'Ice Cold in Alex' |access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref>
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| budget         = 
}}

'''''Ice Cold in Alex''''' is a 1958 British war film set during the [[Western Desert campaign]] of [[World War II]] based on the novel of the same name by [[Christopher Landon (screenwriter)|Christopher Landon]]. Directed by [[J. Lee Thompson]] and starring [[John Mills]], the film was a prizewinner at the [[8th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name=awards>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053935/awards| publisher=IMDb|title= Awards for 'Ice Cold in Alex'|access-date= 2019-05-04}}</ref> Under the title '''''Desert Attack''''', a shortened 79-minute version of the film was released in the United States in 1961. Film critic Craig Butler later referred to the shortened version as nonsensical.<ref name=Archer>{{cite news |title=Shortened 'Desert Attack' From Britain |first=Eugene |last=Archer |date=23 March 1961 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/03/23/archives/shortened-desert-attack-from-britain.html }} This review states the length of ''Desert Attack'' as 64 minutes. Subsequent reviews indicate a length of 79 minutes.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053935/releaseinfo |publisher=IMDb |title= Release dates for 'Ice Cold in Alex'|access-date= 30 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=Butler>{{cite web |title=Ice Cold in Alex |publisher=AllMovie |last=Butler |first=Craig |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/ice-cold-in-alex-v89153/review }}</ref>