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第二次大戦の中頃。北アフリカの砂漠部隊に配属されたイギリス軍のクレイグ少佐は、バーグマン大尉率いるユダヤ人特殊部隊と知り合う。指揮官からトブルクのドイツ軍要塞に潜入して燃料貯蔵庫を爆破するよう命じられるクレイグ少佐。特殊部隊は62名のイギリス軍捕虜と21名のドイツ兵に変装し、危機に見舞われながらもトブルク潜入に成功。しかし、この任務を何者かがドイツ軍に密告したという情報が部隊に流れる。
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第二次大戦の中頃。北アフリカの砂漠部隊に配属されたイギリス軍のクレイグ少佐は、バーグマン大尉率いるユダヤ人特殊部隊と知り合う。指揮官からトブルクのドイツ軍要塞に潜入して燃料貯蔵庫を爆破するよう命じられるクレイグ少佐。特殊部隊は62名のイギリス軍捕虜と21名のドイツ兵に変装し、危機に見舞われながらもトブルク潜入に成功。しかし、この任務を何者かがドイツ軍に密告したという情報が部隊に流れる。
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監督: Arthur Hiller
脚本: Leo Gordon
音楽: Bronislau Kaper
制作: Gene Corman
撮影監督: Russell Harlan
制作会社: The Corman Company / Universal Pictures / Gibraltar Productions
Now there are a few curious casting choices here that do bamboozle a bit, but once it gets going it is quite a decent wartime adventure. Rock Hudson is the Canadian “Craig” who finds himself in North Africa implementing a plan he had thought had been kiboshed by the upper echelons of the British army. Namely, he is to assist “Col. Harker” (Nigel Green) in crossing eight hundred miles of unforgiving Sahara and nobbling Field Marshal Rommel’s fuel supplies - before his Afrika Korps can advance on Egypt. The two don’t exactly see eye-to-eye, and those problems are exacerbated by the presence of squadron of German Jews working for the Allies and led by “Bergman” (George Peppard). There’s not an whole lot of trust around anywhere, here, but off they set facing a few escapades with a Spitfire, some Bedouin and even a couple of Fifth Columnists working for Kesselring before their arrival reveals quite a shock! Now skipping over Peppard and his shocking attempt at ze German accent; Hudson isn’t really the stuff of heroes - but he works well enough here thanks in no small part to a robust effort from Green whose stiff upper lip could easily have been nominated for a BAFTA. It’s the impressive visual effects toward the end that lets all hell loose on the proceedings and brings the whole adventure to a lively and fiery denouement. It’s a solid action film that captures the imagery and toughness of desert warfare, adds a little dark humour to a dialogue occasionally tinged with sarcasm and it passes a couple of hours enjoyably enough if you like the genre.
