Summary Irish Colonel Charlie McPhearson has just had his platoon of 28 slaughtered by German troops. Angered at his superiors for this suicide mission, he takes convicts on his next one, along with fornicating American explosives technician Major Burke, to defuse underwater mines so that a commando squad can prepare for a June 10 invasion to destroy a tank gun. Because Colonel Ackerman, whose troops killed his last platoon, is the leader of the platoon in charge of the gun, McPhearson insists on trying to complete the commandos' mission. View more details
Directed : Umberto Lenzi
Written : Dario Argento Stefano Rolla Romano Maschini
Stars : Thomas Hunter Jack Palance Wolfgang Preiss Robert Hundar
Genres : Action War
Release date : Aug 11, 1969
Countries of origin : Italy Spain West Germany
Language : English German Spanish Italian
Filming locations : Villamanta, Madrid, Spain
Production companies : Tritone Cinematografica Eguiluz Films Hape-Film Company GmbH
Summary Irish Colonel Charlie McPhearson has just had his platoon of 28 slaughtered by German troops. Angered at his superiors for this suicide mission, he takes convicts on his next one, along with fornicating American explosives technician Major Burke, to defuse underwater mines so that a commando squad can prepare for a June 10 invasion to destroy a tank gun. Because Colonel Ackerman, whose troops killed his last platoon, is the leader of the platoon in charge of the gun, McPhearson insists on trying to complete the commandos' mission. View more details
Genres : Action War
Release date : Aug 11, 1969
Countries of origin : Italy Spain West Germany
Language : English German Spanish Italian
Filming locations : Villamanta, Madrid, Spain
Production companies : Tritone Cinematografica Eguiluz Films Hape-Film Company GmbH