| Marcia o Crepa | |
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 US releasefilm poster | |
| Directed by | Frank Wisbar |
| Written by | William Denby Mino Guerrini Milton Krims Giuseppe Mangione Frank Wisbar Arturo Tofanelli (story) |
| Produced by | Willy Zeyn |
| Starring | Stewart Granger Dorian Gray |
| Cinematography | Cecilio Paniagua |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
| Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
Production companies | Temp Film FICIT Galatea Midega |
| Distributed by | Tempo Film (Italy) American International Pictures (USA) |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Countries | Belgium Spain Italy Germany |
| Language | English |
| Box office | 977,460 admissions (France)[1] |
Marcia o Crepa (March or Die), known asThe Legion's Last Patrol in the UK andCommando in the US, is a1962 European (Italian, German, Spanish)co-productionwar film about theAlgerian War of Independence.[2][3]
It was released in 1964 in the US byAmerican International Pictures on adouble feature withTorpedo Bay (akaBeta Som).[4][5]
In the UK this film was shown at Odeon cinemas as part of a double feature withThe Day of the Triffids.
French Foreign Legion Captain Le Blanc (Stewart Granger) leads a section of his Legion parachutists to capture anFLN guerrilla leader. Along the way they are joined by aprostitute (Dorian Gray) and an Arab child. Their mission is a success but when their escape helicopter is shot down they have to fight their way back to the French lines.
The theme musicConcerto Disperato byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino became a top selling instrumental in Italy performed byNini Rosso and in the UK with acover version byKen Thorne reaching No. 4.[6]
TheLos Angeles Times called it "mediocre, its timely subject matter reduced to the level of a formula Western."[7]
TheMonthly Film Bulletin said "despite up-to-date dressing this is basically a schoolboy adventure story, though somewhat grimly executed... the narrative owes more to war movies than P.C. Wren, being a variation on the old idea of the gradual decimation of a patrol. Still, the film is an example of action all the way, apart from the gratuitously ironic ending which, though tart, comes as a decided anti-climax."[8]
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