Commandos (1968) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1968 · 112 mins · Italian

#27,838 1

Directed by

Armando Crispino

Starring

Lee Van Cleef, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Pier Paolo Capponi, Jack Kelly, Duilio Del Prete, Marino Masé

Sgt. Sullivan assembles a team of Italian‑American soldiers to masquerade as Italian troops and infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians during Rommel’s campaign. After a surprise nighttime attack, they must hold the camp and its weapons until an American battalion arrives, all while maintaining the deception and dealing with a young, by‑the‑book lieutenant, a camp prostitute, and an ill‑fated entomologist. Tensions rise as their ruse unravels.