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Cinematography Cecilio Paniagua | 7.2/10 IMDb Initial release 14 November 1962 (Italy) Story by Arturo Tofanelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by William DenbyMino GuerriniMilton KrimsGiuseppe MangioneFrank WisbarArturo Tofanelli(story) Starring Stewart GrangerDorian Gray Cast 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.