Battle of the Commandos
1969 · 1h 30m · Not Rated
Action, War
Directed by
Umberto Lenzi
Overview
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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