Battle of the Commandos (1969)

5.9/10 90 min Action War

Overview

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.

Cast

Jack Palance

Charley MacPherson

Wolfgang Preiss

Colonel Ackerman

Curd Jürgens

General Von Reilow

Thomas Hunter

Kevin Burke

Claudio Undari

Raymond Stone

Helmuth Schneider

Sam Schrier

Guido Lollobrigida

Tom Carlyle

Aldo Sambrell

Karim Habinda

Lorenzo Robledo

Bernard Knowles

Bruno Corazzari

Frank Madigan

Diana Lorys

Janine

Franco Fantasia

Marc Schiwers

Gérard Herter

Lieutenant Hapke

Mirko Ellis

Captain Adler

Luis Induni

Pierre

John Stacy

British General

Antonio Molino Rojo

soldato Albert Hank

Guillermo Méndez

Marquis' contact in village (uncredited)

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