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Take elite commandos, send them on a do-or-die assignment -- and sit back and watch the action explode. The men-on-a-mission formula that worked in 1967's The Dirty Dozen and in Where Eagles Dare (released in the U.S. in 1969) provides another salvo of volatile screen adventure with this strike force saga released in 1968. Rod Taylor and Jim Brown are among a mercenary unit rolling on a steam train across the Congo, headed for the dual tasks of rescuing civilians imperiled by rebels and recovering a cache of diamonds. The film's violence is fierce, unforgiving, ahead of its time. Quentin Tarantino would offer a tribute of sorts to this red-blooded wallop of a cult fave by using part of its compelling score in Inglourious Basterds (2009).
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Movie Details
- Format
- Blu-ray
- Encoding
- Region 1 (US & Canada)
- Rating
- PG
- Release Date
- 1968
- Runtime
- 100 minutes
- Aspect Ratio
- Widescreen
- Genre
- Adventure
- Label
- Warner Bros.
- Starring
- Rod Taylor; Yvette Mimieux; Jim Brown; Kenneth More; Olivier Despax; Guy Deghy; Bloke Modisane; Calvin Lockhart
Manufactured on Demand
This film was released by studios as part of their MOD (Manufactured-On-Demand) line of releases. This is not a bootleg. In order to make the release of films with low sales demand possible, major studios like Universal, Sony, Warner, Paramount, Hallmark and 20th Century Fox have contracted with a distributor to provide manufactured-on-demand releases to consumers.