Commandos (1968)

Director:

Armando Crispino

Writers:

Menahem Golan (short story)
Don Martin (story) ...

Release Date:

19 November 1968 (Italy)

Genre:

War | Drama

Tagline:

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

Plot:

Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order...

Plot Keywords:

WWII

Cast

Lee Van Cleef	...	MSgt. Sullivan
Jack Kelly	...	Captain Valli
Giampiero Albertini	...	Aldo
Marino Masé	...	Italian Lt. Tomassini
Götz George	...	Oberleutnant Rudi
Pier Paolo Capponi	...	Corbi
Ivano Staccioli	...	Rodolfo, Radio Man
Marilù Tolo	...	Adriana
Joachim Fuchsberger	...	Oberleutnant Heitzel Agen (Professor) (as Akim Berg)
Heinz Reincke	...	Offizier Hans
Helmut Schmid	...	Sergeant Miller
Otto Stern	...	Sergeant Braumann
Pier Luigi Anchisi	...	Riccio
Gianni Brezza	...	Marco
Duilio Del Prete	...	Bruno

Also Known As:

Himmelfahrtskommando El Alamein
Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern
Sullivan's Marauders

Runtime:

Germany:88 min | USA:82 min (as Sullivan's Marauders) | USA:98 min | Italy:110 min | France:95 min

Country:

Italy | West Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2006) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1970) | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:18 (nf) | Canada:G (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Sardinia, Italy

Company:

Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)

Goofs:

Factual errors: Hopefully, they were wearing their Italian badges of rank more properly than than as yanks. Captains bars are never worn centered on the epaulet of a dress uniform. Only a General's star is ever worn centered at this location. All others are worn out on the sewed-down part. If Italians were dropped behind American lines as a "captain" was wearing his that way, they would have been suspect immediately.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Phenomena (1985)

One of the Worst Movies of All Times

I don't know what film the people here saw. This is not a Dirty Dozen or even a Play Dirty. This is a cheaply made, horribly acted, horribly scripted, boring piece of junk. It's not even worth a dollar. They should pay someone to sit through this garbage heap.

Jack Kelly looks really embarrassed to be in this film. I really can't fault his terrible acting job because the script was written for 5 year olds. And Lee Van Cleaf is just as bad. He is totally wooden, listless, and sweats the whole film. He utters such stupid lines as, "This ain't a Halloween Party".

Even the woman in this film is hard to look at and has nothing what so ever to do with the plot. The action scene at the end is at least passable, but aside from that, I'd rather cough up 3 bucks and rent the Dirty Dozen.