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.
Cast
Jack Palance
Charley MacPherson
Wolfgang Preiss
Colonel Ackerman
Curd Jürgens
General Von Reilow
Thomas Hunter
Kevin Burke
Claudio Undari
Raymond Stone
Helmuth Schneider
Sam Schrier
Guido Lollobrigida
Tom Carlyle
Aldo Sambrell
Karim Habinda
Lorenzo Robledo
Bernard Knowles
Bruno Corazzari
Frank Madigan
Diana Lorys
Janine
Franco Fantasia
Marc Schiwers
Gérard Herter
Lieutenant Hapke
Mirko Ellis
Captain Adler
Luis Induni
Pierre
John Stacy
British General
Antonio Molino Rojo
soldato Albert Hank
Guillermo Méndez
Marquis' contact in village (uncredited)
William Conroy
German soldier
Crew
Umberto Lenzi
Director
Dario Argento
Screenplay
Rolf Grieminger
Screenplay
Eduardo Manzanos
Screenplay
Romano Moschini
Story
Stefano Rolla
Story
Giese Rohm
Editor
Alejandro Ulloa
Director of Photography
Wolf Duschl
First Assistant Director
Salvatore Alabiso
Producer
Adriano Merkel
Line Producer
Piero Filippone
Production Design
Jaime Pérez Cubero
Production Design
Mario Sbrenna
Camera Operator
Luciano Sagoni
Costume Design
Raul Ranieri
Makeup Artist
Bruno Moreal
Sound Mixer
Leopoldo Rosi
Sound
Marcello Giombini
Original Music Composer
Ugo Moretti
Dialogue
Fanny Wessling
Script Supervisor
Ignacio Gutiérrez
Production Manager
Bruno Bolognesi
Production Manager
Ramón Sanz
Unit Manager
Mario Campolunghi
Unit Manager
Lamberto Andreani
Production Secretary
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