March Or Die

The French Foreign Legion has been the subject of countless films, some realistic, some romantic, some outright ridiculous. This one is a little bit of each. Set at the end of WW I, it follows the contingent of Legionnaires commanded by major Hackman, an American kicked out of West Point, as it travels to Morocco to act as escort for an archaeological expedition headed by Louvre curator von Sydow. Among the new recruits assigned to the dangerous mission are Hill, a cat burglar fleeing arrest; O'Halloran, a onetime Imperial Guardsman for the Russian Court; Sherman, an aristocrat seeking adventure; and Penvern, a talented musician. Although they survive brutal desert...