Quel maledetto treno blindato
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| Quel maledetto treno blindato | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Enzo G. Castellari |
| Written by | Sandro Continenza Sergio Grieco /a.o. |
| Starring | Bo Svenson Peter Hooten Fred Williamson |
| Release date(s) | 1977 |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian / English |
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Quel maledetto treno blindato is a 1977 Italian war movie directed by Enzo G. Castellari, written by Sandro Continenza, Sergio Grieco, Franco Marotta, Romano Migliorini, & Laura Toscano, and starring Bo Svenson, Peter Hooten, Fred Williamson, Michael Pergolani, and Jackie Basehart. It was released in 1977. The film score was written by Francesco De Masi. The original tagline was "If you're a kraut, he'll take you out!"
The title literally translates to "That cursed armored train".
[edit] Plot
Set in Europe during World War II, a group of American soldiers are in the process of being shipped off to military prison for a variety of infractions, ranging from desertion to murder. While they're being transported, a German artillery attack hits the convoy, killing the MPs and enabling four of the prisoners to escape.
The group decides their best bet is to head to neutral Switzerland, where they can avoid the fighting and prison. As they make their way to what they think will be freedom, they end up volunteering for a commando mission to steal a V2 warhead for the French Underground. Somehow the team must sneak into the most heavily guarded base in German territory, steal the Nazis' most precious military hardware, and bring it back to the Allies without getting arrested again by their own side.
[edit] Releases and alterations
- The original working title was Bastardi senza gloria.
- The film was released in the United States as Inglorious Bastards, also the title of a movie by Quentin Tarantino being made as a tribute to this film and other war movies, such as The Dirty Dozen. See also: Inglorious Bastards.
- Also issued as Hell's Heroes and as Deadly Mission on home video.
- The American success of the blaxploitation genre led distributors to reedit this film and distribute it as G.I. Bro--in that version, scenes have been cut as to make Fred Williamson the lead character.
- The reissue title for this film was Counterfeit Commandos.
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