Commandos (1968)PG | 98 min | Action, Drama, War | 19 November 1968 (Italy)
A combined force of Italian and American commandos are ordered to attack and take over an air base in North Africa with only two days to do it.
Director: Armando Crispino
Writers: Menahem Golan (short story), Don Martin (story)
Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Jack Kelly, Giampiero Albertini
A combined force of Italian and American commandos are ordered to attack and take over an air base in North Africa with only two days to do it.
Director: Armando Crispino
Writers: Menahem Golan (short story), Don Martin (story)
Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Jack Kelly, Giampiero Albertini
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00:00No, no, as you were, Sergeant.
00:10Let's cut out all the formalities, huh?
00:18Let's just say this is unofficial.
00:21I know that you would have preferred Lieutenant Freeman in my place, but I guess the war couldn't
00:26wait for Freeman.
00:32What do you say there, Captain?
00:34Well, you know the men.
00:36I mean you trained them.
00:38They trust you implicitly.
00:40Aside from Dino, well, you're the only experienced commander in the outfit.
00:46They've already given me a medal.
00:50Yeah.
00:51Sullivan, I came up here because I want your help.
00:58That sounds familiar.
01:00The old army game.
01:03You're damn right you need my help.
01:05Now, just a minute.
01:08Relax, Captain.
01:11How much combat time have you had?
01:15And yet you're gonna take these kids on some harebrained mission you made up all by yourself,
01:18huh?
01:19How do you know this operation exactly?
01:20Write down to the last detail.
01:23Exactly.
01:26What the hell do you know about exactly?
01:31You got a lot of bright ideas, Captain.
01:34But do you know what killing is exactly?
01:37With these?
01:38Or with this?
01:41You stick the knife in his throat, or gut and twist, and you've got to hug him tight
01:49because if it gets loose, he might get away before the job's done.
01:55You know what blood smells like, Captain?
02:00It's a hot smell.
02:03And you can get things messed up, too, Captain, because most men die hard.
02:12But how the hell would you know exactly?
02:19Scary, isn't it?
02:34I want the men in the briefing room at ten hundred hours tomorrow.
02:38I'm sure you'll see that my orders are carried out exactly.
02:43And if you've got any other ideas, just remember who's in command, huh?