Commando (1962 film)

Marcia o Crepa
US release film poster
Directed by	Frank Wisbar
Produced by	Willy Zeyn
Written by	William Denby Mino Guerrini Milton Krims Giuseppe Mangione Frank Wisbar Arturo Tofanelli(story)
Starring	Stewart Granger Dorian Gray
Music by	Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Cinematography	Cecilio Paniagua
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Distributed by	Tempo Film (Italy) American International Pictures (USA)
Release date	1962 (1962) (Italy) 1963 (1963) (UK) 1964 (1964) (France, U.S.)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germany
Box office	977,460 admissions (France)[1]

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. It was released in 1964 in the USA by American International Pictures on a double feature with Torpedo Bay/Beta Som.^[2]

Cast

• Stewart Granger : capitaine Leblanc
• Dorian Gray : Nora
• Fausto Tozzi : Brascia
• Riccardo Garrone : Paolo
• Carlos Casaravilla : Ben Bled
• Ivo Garrani : Colonel Dionne
• Alfredo Mayo : Mayor
• Pablito Alonso : Arab Kid
• Hans von Borsody : Fritz
• Maurizio Arena : Dolce Vita
• Dietmar Schönherr : Petit Prince
• Peter Carsten : Barbarossa
• Leo Anchóriz : Garcia

Plot and production

French Foreign Legion Captain Le Blanc (Stewart Granger) leads a section of his Legion parachutists to capture an FLN guerilla 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.

The theme music Concerto Disperato by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino became a top selling instrumental in Italy performed by Nini Rosso and in the UK with a cover version by Ken Thorne reaching #4.^[3]

In the UK this film was shown at Odeon cinemas as part of a double feature with The Day of the Triffids.

References

External links

• Commando on IMDb