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...described unpersuasively as "a girl who blows up bridges" for the French Resistance. When the Allies throng ashore, Irina and a doughty band of villagers who have sallied forth as a welcoming committee are being held hostage by the Germans. The G.I.s who liberate them include wry-smiling Sergeant Cliff Robertson and the inevitable New York Jewish joker (Red Buttons) assigned to all units for comedy relief. Since the village is under siege, Cliff is ordered to evacuate his charges, and the bulk of the action consists of dreary trudging to and from the beach, battling military red tape, ducking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Encore la Guerre | 6/18/1965 | See Source »

Penn's victory undoubtedly will be a lift for Eastern racquet coaches in general, who have been plagued by Harvard coach Jack Barnaby's "good luck charm." In the past several years, Barnaby has won an amazing number of "cliff-hangers" in tennis and squash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Penn Topples Netmen, 5-4 | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

...HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Maurice Evans plays the chief steward in a Deauville gambling casino, who tries to tutor an American businessman (Cliff Robertson) in the technique of winning at chemin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: May 21, 1965 | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

Although Toepfer does not favor adopting the College's one-day "cliff-hanging" announcement of acceptances and rejections, he "feels so boxed-in by applications and decisions and rejected students who jet in from Los Angeles to find out how we could have made the mistake" that he is willing to experiment with the "three decision-dates" alternative

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Law School May Change Policy On Admissions | 4/22/1965 | See Source »

...Turner. Having discarded poor Billy along with last season's swimming suit, Lana naturally feels a smidgen of guilt. Billy's prim fiancee (Stefanie Powers) takes it rather hard too. She arrives from Detroit in very low spirits, but soon slips into something more comfortable, persuaded by Cliff that thinking up answers for a lively lover easily beats asking questions about a defunct beau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Terrible Place to Visit | 3/5/1965 | See Source »

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