Directed by:
Dick RichardsScreenplay:
David Zelag GoodmanCinematography:
John AlcottComposer:
Maurice JarreCast:
Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve, Max von Sydow, Ian Holm, Rufus, Marcel Bozzuffi, Jack O'Halloran, Walter Gotell, Lila Kedrova, Vernon Dobtcheff (more)VOD (1)
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An ex-West Point cadet leads a potpurri of thieves, murderers, exiles, and aristrocrats seeking adventure on a semi-suicidal mission to protect an archaelogical dig in the Moroccan wilderness. This devastating war epic was directed by Dick Richards, and alongside Gene Hackman, features some of Hollywood’s greatest stars: Spaghetti Western legend Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve, Max von Sydow, and Sir Ian Holm. (Via Vision Entertainment)
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"If the Legion doesn't get you, the desert will. If the desert doesn't, the Arabs will. And if the Arabs don't, then I will. I don't know which is worse." An encounter of unwavering principles: leadership, professional, romantic, swaggering, and commanding, with the penultimate blending unexpectedly with the final one in the closing scene. Thanks to Catherine Deneuve's character, the romantic subplot remains sharp, and the climactic battle between the legionnaires and Bilbo's coalition of tribes, who make strange noises with their language, is better than Peckinpah's work. However, I fought an even fiercer battle with Terence Hill's casting, as he couldn't resist his favorite gymnastic moves and his western-comedic mischief was evident throughout.
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