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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Richard M. Bluel (writer)
Release Date:
12 February 1971 (USA) more
Plot:
Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A really bad movie more (13 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Richard Burton | ... | Capt. Alex Foster | |
| John Colicos | ... | Sgt. Maj. Allan MacKenzie | |
| Clinton Greyn | ... | Maj. Hugh Tarkington | |
| Wolfgang Preiss | ... | Gen. Erwin Rommel | |
| Danielle De Metz | ... | Vivianne Gagliardo | |
| Karl-Otto Alberty | ... | Capt. Heinz Schroeder | |
| Christopher Cary | ... | Cpl. Peter Merrihew | |
| John Orchard | ... | Dan Garth | |
| Brook Williams | ... | Sgt. Joe Reilly | |
| Greg Mullavey | ... | Pvt. Ed Brown | |
| Ben Wright | ... | Admiral | |
| Michael Sevareid | ... | Cpl. Bill Wembley | |
| Chris Anders | ... | Tank Sergeant | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ron Berkeley | |||
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Runtime:
99 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | West Germany:12 (f) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1971) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG
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Originally made for television, but held over for theatrical release. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When John Colicos takes a German's weapon during the air attack, it is an MP40. When he uses the weapon to shoot the German shooting at the plane, it becomes an American M1 Thompson. more
Quotes:
Maj. Hugh Tarkington:
What about the girl?
Capt. Alex Foster:
She stays with us. She has to stay with us. She's an integral part of the convoy, on the official bill of lading. She's yours, doctor, all yours.
Maj. Hugh Tarkington:
Mine?
Capt. Alex Foster:
I don't care whether you pay her off in lollipops or cut out her tongue with a dull knife. She's your responsibility.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Guiron (#4.12)" (1991) more
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The history is wrong. The props are inaccurate. The story is over the top derring do nonsense. It was the presence of Richard Burton that drew me to this turkey. Alas, it must have been his worst role. I fail to see how any film maker can be so careless with his subject and so contemptuous of his audience. The Germans did not use flying boats and certainly not in the desert. The Wehrmacht did not use the type of campaign ribbon shown on the German uniforms. There are no puffy white clouds over the Libyan desert. Edward R. Murrow's CBS broadcasts could not have been heard in Africa. And on and on and on. Nor have we even approached the absurd plot, complete with an Italian bimbo and a philatelic Erwin Rommel. Or the very chintzy special effects. Nope. My one line summary says it all. A really bad movie!