- Country: UK, USA
- Genres: Drama, War
- Release: 1953-10-01
- Director: Terence Young (1915–1994)
- Writers: Richard Maibaum , Frank S. Nugent , Sy Bartlett , Hilary St George Saunders
- Language: English | German
- Stars: Alan Ladd , Leo Genn , Susan Stephen , Harry Andrews , Donald Houston , Anthony Bushell , Patric Doonan , Stanley Baker , Lana Morris , Tim Turner
- Runtime: 88 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Den røde baret (Denmark) , De rode baret (Netherlands the) , The Red Beret (United Kingdom) , De rode mutsen (Belgium) , Les bérets rouges (France, French Republic) , The Red Devils (United Kingdom) , The Big Jump (United Kingdom) , Sinal Vermelho (Brazil) , Paratrooper (United States of America) , De røde djevler (Norway) , The Red Beret (South Africa) , Sesenta segundos de vida (Spain) , Os Primeiros a Morrer (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Red Beret (Canada) , Bereta roşie (Romania) , 赤いベレー (Japan) , Fallskärmsjägare (Sweden) , The Red Beret (Germany) , Paratrooper (India) , Paraşutist (Romania) , Punaiset paholaiset (Finland) , Berretti rossi (Italy) , The Red Beret , Ta kokkina bere (Greece) , Sesenta segundos de vida (Argentina) , Kırmızı Bere (Turkey) , Les bérets rouges (Canada) , Les bérets rouges (Belgium) , Красный берет
- Plot: Alan Ladd is the focus of this story based on the wartime raid on the German radar station at Bruneval. The raid was a combined services operation and the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Parachute Brigade was led by Major 'John Frost' (Major Snow). An RAF radar expert, Flight Sergeant C.W.H. Cox (Sergeant Box) accompanied the raiders to tell them what to take back to England.
- IMDB:tt0046161
Paratrooper Cast · · · ALL
Terence Young
(1915–1994)
Director
Alan Ladd
Steve 'Canada' McKendrick
Leo Genn
Major J. Snow
Susan Stephen
Penny Gardner
Harry Andrews
R.S.M.
Donald Houston
Taffy
Anthony Bushell
General Whiting
Patric Doonan
Flash
Stanley Baker
Breton
Lana Morris
Pinky
Tim Turner
Rupert
Anton Diffring
The Pole
Thomas Heathcote
(1917–1986)
Alf
Carl Duering
Rossi
John Boxer
Flight Sergeant Box
Harry Locke
Medical Orderly
Michael Balfour
American Sergeant
Guido Lorraine
German Officer
Walter Gotell
German Sentry