Attentato ai tre grandi (1967)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Umberto Lenzi

Writers:

Umberto Lenzi (screenplay)
Umberto Lenzi (story)

Release Date:

1976 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Sabotage

Cast

Ken Clark	...	Captain Fritz Schoeller
Horst Frank	...	Lt. Roland Wolf
Jeanne Valérie	...	Faddja Hassen
Carlo Hinterman	...	Sgt. Erich Huber
Howard Ross	...	Willy Mainz
Franco Fantasia	...	Major Dalio
Hardy Reichelt	...	Corporal Hans Ludwig
Fabienne Dali	...	Simone
Tom Felleghy	...	Colonel Ross
John Stacy	...	Sir Bryan
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia		(as Ivan Scratuglia)
Gianni Rizzo	...	Perrier

Directed by
Umberto Lenzi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Umberto Lenzi		screenplay
Umberto Lenzi		story

Produced by
Alberto Grimaldi	....	producer

Original Music by
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

Cinematography by
Carlo Carlini

Film Editing by
Eugenio Alabiso

Art Direction by
Nicola Tamburo

Production Management
Thomas Sagone	....	production manager (as Tommy Sagone)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Franco Fantasia	....	assistant director

Art Department
Carlo Leva	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Claudio Maielli	....	sound

Special Effects by
Aldo Gasparri	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Sergio Bergamini	....	camera operator
Ruggero Radicchi	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Italia Scandariato	....	wardrobe

Other crew
Patrizia Zulini	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Constantin Film
• Films EGE
• Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)
• Terra-Filmkunst

Distributors

• Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) (1967) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Avante-Garde Distributors (1971) (Canada) (theatrical) (as "Desert Commandos") (dubbed)
• Peppercorn-Wormser (1976) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Constantin Film (1967) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Payless Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (USA) (video)
• Reel Media International (2007) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• International Dubbing Studios  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Desert Commandos (USA) (dubbed version)
Fünf gegen Casablanca (West Germany)
Les chiens verts du désert (France)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Italy | France | West Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG | Norway:16 | West Germany:12

Company:

Constantin Film

A taste of frustration...

Splendid plot idea, but a little more work on it might have made the difference: some scenes are just too simplistic; when they enter the house of the French officer's mistress, it doesn't ring "true". The desert scenes are nice but a little more camera and light work might have made them beautiful. WW II movie directors who use modern hardware are killing me: for obvious financial reasons, he probably rented the equipment on the site from the Moroccan army: the aircraft, a Max Holste Broussard, was designed in the fifties; there wasn't a single WWII vintage tank: they were either Creusot-Loire AMX-13 or Panhard armored vehicles, designed in the fifties. It's a pity.