Burt Lancaster plays a sergeant in the French foreign legion who, in big trouble with the lieutenant in charge, volunteers to distract the enemy for 5 days until the full regiment returns. He takes a group of 9 other undesirable soldiers and they start by kidnapping the wife to be of a tribal elder - the baddie.
Odd mixture of tough guy action and silly comedy which doesn't entirely gel. Lancaster though is his usual heroic, grinning self which makes this a pleasant enough if unremarkable beau geste pastiche.
Odd mixture of tough guy action and silly comedy which doesn't entirely gel. Lancaster though is his usual heroic, grinning self which makes this a pleasant enough if unremarkable beau geste pastiche.