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Directed by Frank Wisbar Cinematography Cecilio Paniagua Director Frank Wisbar | 7.2/10 IMDb Produced by Willy Zeyn Initial release 14 November 1962 (Italy) Story by Arturo Tofanelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Music director Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Screenplay Frank Wisbar, Mino Guerrini, Milton Krims, Giuseppe Mangione, William Demby Cast Stewart Granger, Dorian Gray, Fausto Tozzi, Carlos Casaravilla, Ivo Garrani Similar Algerian War movies, Movies about the French Foreign Legion, War movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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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.
In the UK this film was shown at Odeon cinemas as part of a double feature with The Day of the Triffids.