Battle of the Commandos
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1969-08-12
Runtime: 90 mins
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Spoken language: Deutsch, English, Italiano, Español
Genres: Action, War
Original title: Battle of the Commandos
Production Companies: Hape Film, Eguiluz Films, Tritone Cinematografica
Production Countries: Germany, Italy, Spain
Cast
Jack Palance
Wolfgang Preiss
Curd Jürgens
Thomas Hunter
Claudio Undari
Helmuth Schneider
Guido Lollobrigida
Aldo Sambrell
Lorenzo Robledo
Bruno Corazzari
Diana Lorys
Franco Fantasia
Gérard Herter
Mirko Ellis
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