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Release, runtime and language
1970 · 90 mins · Spanish
Directed by
José Luis Merino
Starring
Aldo Sambrell, Alan Parker, Remo De Angelis, Annabella Incontrera, Manuel Zarzo, Craig Hill

A squad of American commandos is tasked with abducting Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, but they are intercepted and captured by German forces. The Germans turn the mission on its head, substituting their own men for the Americans and staging a fake Rommel kidnapping, all to lure and assassinate General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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