During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.
Acting
Caine's simmering rage against officer privilege.
Direction
De Toth's documentary-style desert warfare.
Director
André de Toth
Michael Caine
Capt. Douglas
Nigel Davenport
Capt. Cyril Leech
Nigel Green
Col. Masters
Harry Andrews
Brig. Blore
Patrick Jordan
Maj. Alan Watkins
Daniel Pilon
Capt. Attwood (Blore's adjutant at Special Forces HQ)
Bernard Archard
Col. Homerton
Aly Ben Ayed
Sadok
Enrique Ávila
Kafkarides
Mohamed Kouka
Assine
Takis Emmanuel
Kostas Manou
Vivian Pickles
German Nurse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
André de Toth was nearly blind in one eye, yet shot some of cinema's most visceral combat footage. He directed this with the same eye he used for 3D horror.
Released the same year as The Wild Bunch, this was part of 1969's wave of films destroying the noble war movie forever. Audiences weren't ready.
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