The film starts with a brief introduction reads , "As long as there are two men left one Earth, there will be war" . Stelvio Rossi as Lt. Hunter , nicknamed as Stan Cooper , assumes the character of commando leader in this ordinary wartime movie regularly directed by José Luis Merino . It is set during World War II, after the D-Day invasion . At the beginning of the movie happens a raid into French territory , there a two-fisted but unsettling officer , Lt. Hunter (as Stan Cooper) , attempts to organize his Tiger tank crew to escape from enemy army . The lieutenant leads a group of expert soldiers on a risked as well as strange getaway . The relentless run is submitted to strong sufferings , risked adventures and hazardous feats . He is a merciless Lieutenant with only one desire : to go out of beyond of enemy lines . Meanwhile , his nemesis , a tough American officer named Lofty (Guy Madison) who commands the allied Army (whose combat helmets are really postwar Spanish army and all of the American soldiers wielding arms are unique to postwar European) tries to destroy the enemy by besieging them . As the bunch of German Tank Crew fight to survive in France while a french woman called Jeanette (Erna Schurer) has volunteered to lead tank crew back to German lines , subsequently she falls in love with the German lieutenant (Stelvio Rossi) . The unfortunate Nazis , misfits from the German army do not care how its done and will run over anyone who gets in their way .
This moving film packs frantic thrills , perilous adventures , relentless feats , and buck-loads of explosive action , violence with reminiscent of Spaghetti Western . The noisy action is uniformly regularly-made , especially deserving of mention the rip-roaring final scenes in which the motley , wayward squadron is really besieged , including some spectacular shootouts and bombing . The ending tank battle is actually very similar to a gundown on the streets of the traditional Western town between the good guys and bad guys . The first half of the film allows the colorful cast of character actors to have their fun as they get their tails whipped into shape and developing a particular love/hateful relationship with their leader . The final part is all action , as the German team pursued by Partisans and US soldiers and then run for their lives . Apart from the values of team spirit , the film has a peculiar starring , far fom the uni-dimensional characters , as the Lieutenant results to be a disturbing role with doubts , nightmares and cowardice . The film is full of feats , suspense , battles , excitement and thrills . However , there are a number of unaccuracies and goofs , as the American troops are armed with Cetme assault rifles that were the ordinary weapons of the Spanish army which also delivered the inappropriate tanks , but actually manufactured in the Fifties . And , in addition , some American soldiers of the U.S. Army are wearing German paratrooper helmets. Rough Stan Vance is leader of the motley pack together thwart the Allied schemes , he gives an overacting and puts faces , grimaces and always on the edge of a nervous breakdown . Stelvio Rossi dominates this adventure war with his hysterical performance . Co-starred by Erna Schurer who eventually performed various Nazi-exploitation, both as a nasty Kapo or psycho-Nazi torturer . Along with a lot of familiar faces , mostly Spanish , who played a lot of Spaghetti/Paella Western , Warlike or other subgenres such as : the fatty Ricardo Palacios as a resistance fighter , the attractive brothers Rubén Rojo , Gustavo Rojo , Milo Quesada as Pierre, Jeanette's husband , Rafael Hernández , Rufino Inglés , Ángel Menéndez, sabtiago Rivero , and Antonio Mayans usual collaborator and actor of Jesus Franco's films .
It packs a moving and thrilling musical score by prolific Angelo Francesco Lavagnino . As well as atmospheric cinematography by Emanuele Di Cola . Filmed on location in Manzanares del Real , Colmemenar Viejo , La Pedriza , Madrid, where in the sixties and seventies had been shot several Chorizo/Pasta westerns . The motion picture was middling and professionally directed by Jose Luis Merino , though resulted to be average and it contains several flaws and gaps . He was a skill and successfully craftsman . Merino often used same actors , such as Stelvio Rossi , Peter Lee Lawrence , George Hilton and Charles Quiney . He has written/directed numerous films of all kinds of genres such as Terror : Ivanna , The hanging woman ; Euro-spy : Colpo Sensazionale al Servicio Del Sifar ; Chorizo/Spaghetti Western : More Dollars for the MacGregors , Frontera Sur , Réquiem for the gringo , Gatling gun , Seven ride to death , ; Wartime : Last Panzer battle , Hell commandos , A Bullet for Rommel , When heroes die ; Musical : Europa Canta , Aquellos Tiempos Del Cuple , and his most successful films are the fresh and diverting adventures : Tarzan and King Salomon's mines , Robin Hood , Rebelion De Bucaneros , El Zorro knight of Justice , El Zorro De Monterrey , and Last adventure of Zorro . Rating . 5.5/10 . So-so but passable and acceptable Paella/Spaghetti warfare movie .
