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Commandos (1968)

Commandos (1968)

Action War

Seven men who stood between Rommel's Afrika Korps and ultimate victory

Release Date: 1968, November 19
Directors: Armando Crispino
Countries: Germany, Italy
Production: Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC), G.G.I. SpA Rome, CCC Filmkunst
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Romano Puppo, Marino Masé, Jack Kelly, Giacomo Piperno, Heinz Reincke, Lorenzo Piani, Götz George, Joachim Fuchsberger, Biagio Pelligra, Pier Paolo Capponi, Gianni Pulone

Overview:

Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. After the soldiers have knifed the Italians in their beds, they find a hooker living at the camp. Sullivan's commandos are to hold this camp and its weaponry until an American battalion arrives, all the while these Italian-Americans pretend to be Italian soldiers, often hosting the enemy. Lt. Valli is a young, "green," by-the-book officer who constantly argues with Sgt. Sullivan, who tells his superior that he has no idea what he is doing. One man on the base, probably a touch from Argento, is an entomologist who is needlessly killed. Things go terribly wrong after that.