Commandos
5.4
“Seven men who stood between Rommel's Afrika Korps and ultimate victory”
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.
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Cast
22 people
Lee Van Cleef
MSgt. Sullivan
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Jack Kelly
Captain Valli
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Giampiero Albertini
Aldo
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Tomassini
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Rudi
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Pier Paolo Capponi
Corbi
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Rodolfo
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Adriana
Known for
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Joachim Fuchsberger
Oberleutnant Heitzel Agen (Professor) (als Akim Berg)
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Heinz Reincke
Offizier Hans
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Helmut Schmid
Miller
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Otto Stern
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Armando Crispino Director · Dario Argento Screenplay Stefano Strucchi Screenplay
First release November 19, 1968 · Produced in Germany, Italy · Production G.G.I. SpA Rome, CCC Filmkunst
Production
Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC)
Production
G.G.I. SpA Rome
Production
CCC Filmkunst
Production
Germany · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · November 19, 1968
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
July 21, 1969 · Theatrical
October 7, 2008 · Physical · DVD
June 2, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
August 8, 1969 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 19, 1968 · Theatrical
Poland
December 1, 1973 · Theatrical
Romania
November 19, 1968 · Theatrical
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