Battle of the Commandos (1969)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 2.721 |
Directed By
Umberto Lenzi
Crew
Dario Argento
Rolf Grieminger
Eduardo Manzanos
Umberto Lenzi
Alejandro Ulloa
Lamberto Andreani
Ugo Moretti
Fanny Wessling
Piero Filippone
Ramón Sanz
Leopoldo Rosi
Giese Rohm
Salvatore Alabiso
Bruno Moreal
Ignacio Gutiérrez
Luciano Sagoni
Romano Moschini
Mario Campolunghi
Bruno Bolognesi
Jaime Pérez Cubero
Raul Ranieri
Stefano Rolla
Wolf Duschl
Mario Sbrenna
Adriano Merkel
Marcello Giombini
TOP CAST
Jack Palance
Charley MacPherson
Wolfgang Preiss
Colonel Ackerman
Curd Jürgens
General Von Reilow
Thomas Hunter
Kevin Burke
Claudio Undari
Raymond Stone
Helmuth Schneider
Sam Schrier
Guido Lollobrigida
Tom Carlyle
Aldo Sambrell
Karim Habinda
Lorenzo Robledo
Bernard Knowles
Bruno Corazzari
Frank Madigan
Diana Lorys
Janine
Franco Fantasia
Marc Schiwers
Gérard Herter
Lieutenant Hapke
Mirko Ellis
Captain Adler
Luis Induni
Pierre
John Stacy
British General
Antonio Molino Rojo
soldato Albert Hank
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