Battle of the Commandos (1969)

Review: Battle of the Commandos (1969)

Director: Umberto Lenzi

Cast: Jack Palance, Wolfgang Preiss, Curd Jürgens, Thomas Hunter, Claudio Undari,

Jack Palance
Jack Palance
Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss
Curd Jürgens
Curd Jürgens
Thomas Hunter
Thomas Hunter
Claudio Undari
Claudio Undari

Plot: 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.

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Clearing the docket: Summer 2025, part three – Kino Lorber

Clearing the docket: Summer 2025, part three – Kino Lorber

Continuing my round-up of recent viewing, here are some brief comments about half-a-dozen Kino Lorber releases which include John Frankenheimer’s final theatrical feature, the bleak heist movie Reindeer Games (2000); one of Bert I. […]

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