Battle of the Commandos
1969, Italian. Directed by Umberto Lenzi.
A British Colonel is angry with his superiors after his entire platoon is slaughtered by the Germans in what he saw as a suicide mission. So for his next mission, he takes along a platoon a convicted criminals - to prepare the Normandy beaches for the D-Day landings.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Umberto LenziDirector
- Jack PalanceCharley MacPherson
- Wolfgang PreissColonel Ackerman
- Curd JürgensGeneral Von Reilow
- Thomas HunterKevin Burke
- Claudio UndariRaymond Stone
- Helmuth SchneiderSam Schrier
- Guido LollobrigidaTom Carlyle
- Aldo SambrellKarim Habinda
- Lorenzo RobledoBernard Knowles
- Bruno CorazzariFrank Madigan
- Diana LorysJanine
- Franco FantasiaMarc Schiwers
Details
- Released
- 12 August 1969
- Original title
- La legione dei dannati
- Country
- Germany, Italy, Spain
- Written by
- Dario Argento, Rolf Grieminger, Eduardo Manzanos
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Battle of the Commandos isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 August 1969. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Battle of the Commandos?
Battle of the Commandos (1969) was directed by Umberto Lenzi and stars Jack Palance, Wolfgang Preiss, Curd Jürgens.