

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.

Jack Palance
Charley MacPherson
Lead
Wolfgang Preiss
Colonel Ackerman

Curd Jürgens
General Von Reilow

Thomas Hunter
Kevin Burke

Claudio Undari
Raymond Stone

Helmuth Schneider
Sam Schrier

Guido Lollobrigida
Tom Carlyle

Aldo Sambrell
Karim Habinda
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Umberto Lenzi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Battle of the Commandos is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”