Marcia o Crepa
Marcia o Crepa (March or Die), known as The Legion's Last Patrol in the UK and Commando in the US, is a 1962 European (Italian, German, Spanish) co-production war film about the Algerian War of Independence.
Plot
French Foreign Legion Captain Le Blanc (Stewart Granger) leads a section of his Legion parachutists to capture an FLN guerrilla leader. Along the way they are joined by a prostitute (Dorian Gray) and an Arab child. Their mission is a success but when their escape helicopter is shot down they have to fight their way back to the French lines.
More details
| author | Giuseppe Mangione |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Algeria |
| director | Frank Wisbar |
| editor | Mario Serandrei |
| events | Algerian War |
| genre | drama political |
| keywords | fln foreign legion french foreign legion national liberation front prostitute their way |
| musicBy | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
| producer | Willy Zeyn |
| productionCompany | FICIT Galatea Midega Temp Film |
| publisher | American International Pictures Tempo Film |
| theme | war |