Battle of the Commandos

Battle of the Commandos

1969
★★★☆☆ 5.5/10
⏱️ 90 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 IT
ActionWar
A British Colonel is angry with his superiors after his entire platoon is slaughtered by the Germans in what he saw as a suicide mission. So for his next mission, he takes along a platoon a convicted criminals - to prepare the Normandy beaches for the D-Day landings.

Cast

Jack Palance
Jack Palance
Charley MacPherson
Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss
Colonel Ackerman
Curd Jürgens
Curd Jürgens
General Von Reilow
Thomas Hunter
Thomas Hunter
Kevin Burke
Claudio Undari
Claudio Undari
Raymond Stone
Helmuth Schneider
Helmuth Schneider
Sam Schrier

Crew

Director
Umberto Lenzi
Writer
Dario Argento, Rolf Grieminger, Eduardo Manzanos
Producer
Salvatore Alabiso

Production

Hape Film, Eguiluz Films, Tritone Cinematografica

Keywords

submarineresistanceworld war iitransport of prisonersnormandy, francerevengetraincommandodisguiseoccupied france (1940-44)