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In Yugoslavia during WWII, a small band of courageous commandoes are sent to kidnap an important German commander in exchange for an American general being held in a German fortress.
FeaturingRichard Conte, Rory Calhoun, Aili King, Rada Đuričin, Relja Bašić, Abdurrahman Shala, Phil Brown, Demeter Bitenc
Review snapshot**_Hardened men on the coast of Slovenia opposing the German occupation during WW2_**
An American Lieutenant and sergeant (Richard Conte and Rory Calhoun) help Yugoslav guerillas in 1943 at the southern tip of the Gulf of Trieste. Their goal is to kidnap a German colonel in exchange for an American captain, who happens to possess strategic Allied plans.
“Operation Cross Eagles” (1968) was obviously influenced by “The Guns of Navarone,” just on a smaller budget with a Spaghetti Western edge. The focus is gritt…
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