Continuity mistake: In the final scene of the film, the level of the lager in the glasses varies considerably depending on the camera angle.
Ice Cold In Alex (1958)
1 continuity mistake
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
Starring: John Mills, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Sylvia Syms
Factual error: When they are stopped at the military police checkpoint, the MP has brass shoulder titles (RMP) visible, it never became Royal Military Police until 1946, in 1941 it should have been (CMP) Corps of military police.
Capt. Anson: I'll tell you this, the next drink I have's gonna be a lager. Ice cold. There's a little bar in Alex with a marble top counter and high stools. They serve the best beer in all the middle east. When we get through with this lot I'm gonna buy you one. I'll buy you all one.
Trivia: The Ice Cold in Alex refers to an Ice Cold Carlsberg lager when they reach their destination - the final scene, where they get their ice cold lager was later used by Carlsberg in an advertising campaign.
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