Battle of the Commandos (1969)
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.
Director:
Umberto Lenzi
Writers:
Dario Argento, Eduardo Manzanos, Rolf Grieminger.
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Jack Palance as Charley MacPherson |
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Wolfgang Preiss as Colonel Ackerman |
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Curd Jürgens as General Von Reilow |
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Thomas Hunter as Kevin Burke |
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Claudio Undari as Raymond Stone |
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Helmuth Schneider as Sam Schrier |
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Guido Lollobrigida as Tom Carlyle |
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Aldo Sambrell as Karim Habinda |
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Lorenzo Robledo as Bernard Knowles |
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Bruno Corazzari as Frank Madigan |
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Diana Lorys as Janine |
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Franco Fantasia as Marc Schiwers |
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Gérard Herter as Lieutenant Hapke |
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Mirko Ellis as Captain Adler |
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Luis Induni as Pierre |
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John Stacy as British General |
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Antonio Molino Rojo as soldato Albert Hank |
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Guillermo Méndez as Marquis' contact in village (uncredited) |
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William Conroy as German soldier |
| Writing | Dario Argento | Screenplay |
| Directing | Umberto Lenzi | Director |
| Writing | Eduardo Manzanos | Screenplay |
| Writing | Rolf Grieminger | Screenplay |
| Camera | Alejandro Ulloa | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Wolf Duschl | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Ramón Sanz | Unit Manager |
| Art | Jaime Pérez Cubero | Production Design |
| Directing | Fanny Wessling | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Giese Rohm | Editor |
| Production | Mario Campolunghi | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Bruno Moreal | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Ugo Moretti | Dialogue |
| Art | Piero Filippone | Production Design |
| Writing | Romano Moschini | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luciano Sagoni | Costume Design |
| Sound | Leopoldo Rosi | Sound |
| Production | Ignacio Gutiérrez | Production Manager |
| Writing | Stefano Rolla | Story |
| Camera | Mario Sbrenna | Camera Operator |
| Production | Adriano Merkel | Line Producer |
| Production | Salvatore Alabiso | Producer |
| Production | Lamberto Andreani | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Raul Ranieri | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Bruno Bolognesi | Production Manager |
| Sound | Marcello Giombini | Original Music Composer |