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2/5 MyMovies Written by Umberto Lenzi Release date 1 September 1967 Initial release 1 September 1967 (Italy) Screenplay Umberto Lenzi | 4.9/10 IMDb Produced by Alberto Grimaldi Starring Ken Clark
Horst Frank Running time 96 minutes Director Umberto Lenzi Story by Umberto Lenzi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Music by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Music director Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Cast Horst Frank, Ken Clark, Jeanne Valérie, Carlo Hintermann, Franco Fantasia Similar Commando movies, Directed by Umberto Lenzi, War movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attentato ai tre grandi (Attack on the Big Three), a.k.a. Desert Commandos, is a 1967 international co-production made by Italy, Germany and France Macaroni Combat war film set during World War II in Morocco where it was filmed. The Italian title (Attack on the Big Three) refers to a German commando group with a mission to assassinate Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle at the Casablanca Conference. The film is a character-based drama that focuses on the German soldiers' various drives and conflicts during encounters with Tuareg nomads, and French and American soldiers.
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The film was released as Les Chiens verts du désert (The Green Desert Dogs) in France, as Fünf gegen Casablanca (Five Against Casablanca) in Germany and as Desert Commandos in the USA. Some commenters consider the film to be Umberto Lenzi's best and have remarked the film is notable for having Germans as the heroes and with mixed multi-dimensional characters.