Movie

Commandos (1968)

• November 19, 1968
• 1h 58m

• Action
• War

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

Overview

Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. After the soldiers have knifed the Italians in their beds, they find a hooker living at the camp. Sullivan's commandos are to hold this camp and its weaponry until an American battalion arrives, all the while these Italian-Americans pretend to be Italian soldiers, often hosting the enemy. Lt. Valli is a young, "green," by-the-book officer who constantly argues with Sgt. Sullivan, who tells his superior that he has no idea what he is doing. One man on the base, probably a touch from Argento, is an entomologist who is needlessly killed. Things go terribly wrong after that.

Director

Armando Crispino

Writers

Don Martin, Artur Brauner, Lucio Battistrada, Armando Crispino

Starring

Lee Van Cleef, Jack Kelly, Giampiero Albertini