Commandos (film)

Commandos
Commandos theatrical poster
Directed by	Armando Crispino
Produced by	Alfonso Sansone Artur Brauner
Written by	Menahem Golan Don Martin Artur Brauner
Starring	Lee Van Cleef Jack Kelly
Music by	Mario Nascimbene
Cinematography	Benito Frattari
Editing by	Daniele Alabiso
Distributed by	Heritage Enterprises
Release date(s)	Italy: 1968-11-19 West Germany: 1969-08-08
Running time	110 min.
Country	Italy Germany
Language	Italian

Commandos is an Italian "macaroni combat" war film starring Lee Van Cleef and Jack Kelly and is directed by Armando Crispino. It was released in Italy on 19 November 1968, and rated PG in the United States.

Cast

• Lee Van Cleef ... MSgt. Sullivan
• Jack Kelly ... Captain Valli
• Giampiero Albertini ... Aldo
• Marino Masé ... Italian Lt. Tomassini
• Götz George ... Oberleutnant Rudi
• Pier Paolo Capponi ... Corbi
• Ivano Staccioli ... Rodolfo, Radio Man
• Marilù Tolo ... Adriana
• Joachim Fuchsberger ... Oberleutnant Heitzel Agen (Professor)
• Heinz Reincke ... Offizier Hans
• Helmut Schmid ... Sergeant Miller
• Otto Stern ... Sergeant Braumann
• Pier Luigi Anchisi ... Riccio
• Gianni Brezza ... Marco
• Duilio Del Prete ... Bruno

Plot

It is the middle of World War II and in the deserts of Africa, 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 killed 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. Cpt. Valli is a young, 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 is an entomologist who is killed and then things get terrible.

See also

• Euro War
• War Film

External links

• Commandos at the Internet Movie Database
• Commandos at AllRovi
• Commandos at Rotten Tomatoes