Commandos a.k.a. Sullivan's Marauders is a 1968 Italian-produced war film starring Lee Van Cleef and Jack Kelly and directed by Armando Crispino.[1] The film is set in North Africa but was shot in Sardinia.[2]

Commandos
Directed byArmando Crispino
Screenplay by
Story by
Based onA short story
by Menahem Golan[1]
Produced by
  • Alfonso Sansone
  • Artur Brauner[1]
Starring
CinematographyBenito Frattari[1]
Edited byDaniele Alabiso[1]
Music byMario Nascimbene[1]
Production
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Distributed by
  • Columbia Filmgescellschaft mbH[1]
Release dates
  • 19 November 1968 (1968-11-19) (Italy)
  • 8 August 1969 (1969-08-08) (West Germany)
Running time
112 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • West Germany[1]

Dario Argento is credited as co-screenwriter.

Plot

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The film is set in 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. Sullivan, along with Dino, was one of three that survived from the Pacific War against the Japanese, although Lieutenant Freeman was killed in his last mission. Their Captain in charge of the mission, Captain Valli, has several soldiers with special training.

Cast

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Release

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Commandos was released in Italy on 19 November 1968.[1] It was released in West Germany as Himmelfahrtskommando El Alamein in several cities on 8 August 1969.[1]

Reception

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In a contemporary review in the Monthly Film Bulletin, Richard Comb commented that the conclusion of the film was "the kind of meaningless apocalyptic moment much favoured when international producers get together to meditate over mutual insanity in war", and that Commandos was "rife with such rhetoric, interspersed with all the action cliches of the war movie and fitfully jerking its line with type" [3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Himmelfahrtskommando El Alamein". Filmportal.de. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "Commandos film review - The Grindhouse Cinema Database". www.grindhousedatabase.com. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  3. ^ Combs, Richard (1972). "Commandos". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 39, no. 456. pp. 68–69.
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