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Commandos (1968) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 19, 1968

Original Title:
Commandos

Alternate Titles:
Commandos - itsemurhapartio
Sullivan's Marauders
修利文敢死队

Genres:
Action | War

Production Companies:
CCC Filmkunst
G.G.I. SpA Rome
Produzione Intercontinentale Cinematografica (PIC)

Production Countries:
Germany | Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FR: U|16  PL: 16  RO: 18 

Runtime: 112

Seven men who stood between Rommel's Afrika Korps and ultimate victory

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Camera Operator:
Silvio Fraschetti

Director:
Armando Crispino

Director of Photography:
Benito Frattari

Editor:
Daniele Alabiso

Music Director:
Mario Nascimbene

Music Editor:
Sam Milano

Original Music Composer:
Mario Nascimbene

Producer:
Henryk Chroscicki
Alfonso Sansone
Artur Brauner

Production Manager:
Götz Dieter Wulf
Franco Palaggi

Screenplay:
Lucio Battistrada
Armando Crispino
Stefano Strucchi
Dario Argento

Set Designer:
Alberto Boccianti

Short Story:
Menahem Golan

Story:
Don Martin
Artur Brauner

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