Shock Troops

Twelve Frenchmen are condemned to die in a German prison camp during WW II. Cremer plays the leader of the resistance fighters who go in to save their countrymen. Their mission is a success, but they discover that an extra man, Piccoli, has been rescued as well. They cannot decide if he is an innocent party or a Nazi spy. When he's discovered wearing German boots and carrying no identification, some decisions must be made. Brialy, a more outspoken member of the group, leads the others in demanding Piccoli's execution. They take the stranger along on a raid of a tax bureau, where he risks his life in the fray to save a young child who accidentally gets in the line o...