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Commandos

Commandos

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 19, 1968

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Action, War

User Score

57%

Original Title

Commandos

Production Companies

Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC), G.G.I. SpA Rome, CCC Filmkunst

Director

Armando Crispino

Description

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.