Commandos 1968  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama
aka: Sullivan's Marauders
Director: Armando Crispino
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Jack Kelly, Giampiero Albertini, Marino Mase, Gotz George, Pier Paolo Capponi, Ivano Staccioli, Marilu Tolo, Joachim Fuchsberger, Heinz Reincke, Helmut Schmid, Otto Stern, Duilio Del Prete, Pier Luigi Anchisi, Gianni Brezza
U.S. Army Sergeant Sullivan (Lee Van Cleef) leads a platoon of misfits against German forces in North Africa. While Sullivan feuds with his young, inexperienced senior officer, Capt. Valli (Jack Kelly), the platoon sets out on a mission to capture a Nazi airbase.
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Dark Eyes of London 1961  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Dead Eyes of London
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Dieter Borsche, Klaus Kinski, Ady Berber, Eddi Arent, Wolfgang Lukschy, Anneli Sauli, Bobby Todd, Franz Schafheitlin
In this remake of crime writer Edgar Wallace's suspense story, Scotland Yard Inspector Larry Holt (Joachim Fuchsberger) investigates the murders of recently insured men, whose deaths appear to be linked to a gang of blind men led by an evil monster. This time around, Klaus Kinski takes on the Bela Lugosi role as the satanic leader.
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Mystery Submarine 1963  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Decoy
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards
Cast: Edward Judd, James Robertson Justice, Laurence Payne, Joachim Fuchsberger, Albert Lieven, Arthur O'Sullivan, Robert Flemyng, Richard Carpenter, Robert Brown, Jeremy Hawk
The best part of this film is the good archival submarine shots. While the plot has potential, the story plods along as British sailors capture a Nazi U-boat, man it, and infiltrate a U-boat wolfpack. After discovery, they get away, but the sub is damaged in the process.
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| 1. Commandos (1968)
aka: Sullivan's Marauders
2. Dark Eyes of London (1961)
aka: The Dead Eyes of London
3. Mystery Submarine (1963)
aka: Decoy
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