The Commander
4.8
Lewis Collins is back to leading mercenaries on the move in Southeast Asia. This time the cast is unusually good including Lee Van Cleef, Brett Halsey (Cop Game), Romano Puppo (Robowar), Mike Monty (Raiders of Atlantis), Bobby Rhodes (The Great Alligator), etc. Anyway, Van Cleef has Collins go on some random mission to locate a disc with all sorts of valuable crazy intelligence data on it. It just happens that Donald Pleasence, a random government official, hires another mercenary-for-hire Manfred Lehman to tag along and make sure the data ends up in the right hands. Van Cleef isn't taking any chances, and since he is crooked and murders Collins's other bosses quickly, he places Romano Puppo in the group as well to make sure the operation runs smoothly. Collins may not be too expressive but at least he seems to figure out quickly who's out to get him, so the mission continues with lots of double-crosses, twists and turns, and of course lots of explosions!
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Lewis Collins
Major Colby
Known for
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Lee Van Cleef
Col. Mazzarini
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Donald Pleasence
Henry Carlson
Known for
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Brett Halsey
McPherson
Known for
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Manfred Lehmann
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Bobby Rhodes
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John Steiner
Duclaud
Known for
Caligula
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Romano Puppo
Angelo
Known for
2019: After the Fall of New York
School of Thieves 2
Thomas Danneberg
Gustafson
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Christian Brückner
Frank Williams
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Frank Glaubrecht
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Anita Lochner
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Known for
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Antonio Margheriti Director · Giacomo Furia Screenplay Arne Elsholtz Screenplay
First release April 28, 1988 · Produced in Germany, Italy, Switzerland · Original title Der Commander
Production
Ascot Film
Production
Germany · Italy · Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
Der Commander
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · April 28, 1988
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Switzerland
April 29, 1988 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 25, 1988 · Theatrical
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