It opens with a prologue : ¨In World War II the fighting that raged in the Balkans was both vicious and bizarre. A War in which an occupied people waged a constant struggle against forty elite Nazi divisions. A War in which more than two millon of the population were killed. The courageous battle fought by these underground fighters and the handful of allied soldiers who fought beside them, forced Germany to siphon precious and badly needed troops from the lines of africa, Sicily , Normandy and Stalingrad¨. This exciting and so-so war movie packs thrills , double-agents , suspense , plot twists , lots of action sequences and climatic ending , but doesn't quite hang together . Ordinary warfare film follows a group of soldiers who undergo a risked assignment . In this thrilling war drama set in Yugoslavia during WWII, a soldier being dropped into the Balkans on a secret mission behind enemy lines . Unfortunately , his arrival was revealed to the Nazis by a traitor . Needing more men he latches onto Rory Calhoun and his underlings who are just leaving the country after blowing up an oil field . With the help of some partisans the men look to free a downed officer who is carrying information on an up coming invasion by the allies. As a small band of courageous commandoes are sent to abduct an important German commander in exchange for an American general being held in a German fortress . As our two heroes : the Italian Richard Conte , and the American Rory Calhoun must rescue a U. S. Army officer , this one is a very essential military , because of he knows the details of the imminent Allied invasion of the Balkans . Unfortunately, thing go wrong when a betrayal takes place .
Average WWII movie with decent but really miscast actors , rudimentary effects and it involves ambushes, arms , ammunition , and planes . The plot is plain and simple , as a small band of brave commandoes are sent to kidnap an important German commander who knows the Operation Cross Eagles in exchange for an American general being held in a German fortress . It displays breathtaking battles with big explosions , chaos , hell , suffering , mayhem and heroic feats . This low-budgeted and appropriate runtime warfare film concerns an incredible lesson of courage set in WWII . This flag-waving film packs frantic thrills , perilous adventures , relentless combat action , and buck-loads of explosive action and violence . The noisy action is uniformly well-made, especially deserving of mention the attack on an impregnable fortress . The motion picture was regularly directed by Richard Conte . Rating : 4.5/10 , a routine war fillm , being the only film directed by Richard Conte .
This one belongs to a group of films made in the 60s , 70s , set in WWII Yugoslavia , most of them were co-productions, such as : ¨Kozara¨ (1962) by Veljko Bulajic , ¨Battle of River Neretva¨ (1969) by Veljko Bulajic with Yul Brynner , Orson Welles , ¨The Secret Invasion¨ (1964) by Roger Corman with Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone , Edd Byrnes, Mickey Rooney , ¨The Fifth offensive or Battle Sutjeska¨ (1973) by Stipe Delic with Richard Burton , ¨Partizani or Hell River¨ (1974) with Rod Taylor , Adam West , ¨The Courageous¨ (1983) with James Franciscus , Steve Railsback , Edward Albert . In these films Yugoslavia and its marischal Joseph Tito often used to provide army soldier-extras , costumes , weapons , fighter planes , tanks , trucks and other vehicles they had access to .
Average WWII movie with decent but really miscast actors , rudimentary effects and it involves ambushes, arms , ammunition , and planes . The plot is plain and simple , as a small band of brave commandoes are sent to kidnap an important German commander who knows the Operation Cross Eagles in exchange for an American general being held in a German fortress . It displays breathtaking battles with big explosions , chaos , hell , suffering , mayhem and heroic feats . This low-budgeted and appropriate runtime warfare film concerns an incredible lesson of courage set in WWII . This flag-waving film packs frantic thrills , perilous adventures , relentless combat action , and buck-loads of explosive action and violence . The noisy action is uniformly well-made, especially deserving of mention the attack on an impregnable fortress . The motion picture was regularly directed by Richard Conte . Rating : 4.5/10 , a routine war fillm , being the only film directed by Richard Conte .
This one belongs to a group of films made in the 60s , 70s , set in WWII Yugoslavia , most of them were co-productions, such as : ¨Kozara¨ (1962) by Veljko Bulajic , ¨Battle of River Neretva¨ (1969) by Veljko Bulajic with Yul Brynner , Orson Welles , ¨The Secret Invasion¨ (1964) by Roger Corman with Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone , Edd Byrnes, Mickey Rooney , ¨The Fifth offensive or Battle Sutjeska¨ (1973) by Stipe Delic with Richard Burton , ¨Partizani or Hell River¨ (1974) with Rod Taylor , Adam West , ¨The Courageous¨ (1983) with James Franciscus , Steve Railsback , Edward Albert . In these films Yugoslavia and its marischal Joseph Tito often used to provide army soldier-extras , costumes , weapons , fighter planes , tanks , trucks and other vehicles they had access to .