Described as “the ultimate British war film”, Ice Cold In Alex features Captain Anson (John Mills) a grumbling alcoholic sent on a WW2 mission to Alexandria. En route, Anson makes the acquaintance of nurse Sister Diane Murdoch (Sylvia Syms), Sister Denise (Mary Clare) and a South African officer, Captain Van Der Poel (Anthony Quayle). But though Van Der Poel proves invaluable on their perilous journey through enemy territory, is he all that he seems?