This is not quite a sequel to THE GUNS OF NAVARONE, but it comes close. This time the squad is sent to Yugoslavia to blow up a bridge vital to the German war effort. Ford (fresh from a different "force" in STAR WARS) is the American member of the team, paired with Weathers as a black
soldier whose patience with racial hatred has been exhausted. Fox, giving the film's best performance, is a demolitions expert; the exotic-looking Bach is a partisan who helps their cause; the gigantic Kiel is a Nazi conspirator; and Nero is a Nazi double agent. Heading up this motley crew is
Major Mallory (Shaw), a Briton who survived the Force's previous attack at Navarone. You get t...
Released:
1978
Rated:
PG
Length:
118 mins