Directed by:
Dick RichardsScreenplay:
David Zelag GoodmanCinematography:
John AlcottComposer:
Maurice JarreCast:
Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve, Max von Sydow, Ian Holm, Rufus, Marcel Bozzuffi, Jack O'Halloran, Walter Gotell, Lila Kedrova, Vernon Dobtcheff (more)Plots(1)
At the end of World War I, Major Foster (Gene Hackman), a tough, bitter American who was forced to resign from West Point and is now in the French Foreign Legion, is ordered, with his legionnaires, to protect an archaeological expedition headed by Francois Marneau (Max Von Sydow) of the Louvre, who is to excavate a priceless tomb in Morocco. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gene Hackman
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Unforgiven (1992)
Terence Hill
Italy
Best movies:
Vacation with a Gangster (1954)
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Man of the East (1972)
Catherine Deneuve
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Max von Sydow
Sweden
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Awakenings (1990)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Ian Holm
UK
Best movies:
Rufus
France
Best movies:
Amélie (2001)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Trop c'est trop (1975)
Marcel Bozzuffi
France
Best movies:
Daisy Town (1971)
The French Connection (1971)
Z (1969)
Jack O'Halloran
USA
Best movies:
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
Superman (1978)
March or Die (1977)
Walter Gotell
German Empire
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The X-Files – File 1: The Unopened File (1995) (video compilation)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
Lila Kedrova
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
The Tenant (1976)
Des gens sans importance (1956)
Vernon Dobtcheff
France
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Clément Harari
Egypt
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Charade (1963)
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
Liliane Rovère
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
'Round Midnight (1986)
Buffet Froid (1979)
Jean Rougerie
France
Best movies:
My Father's Glory (1990)
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Lacombe Lucien (1974)
André Penvern
France
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Animal (1977)
Guy Mairesse
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Confession (1970)
Jean Champion
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Longest Day (1962)
Day for Night (1973)
Leila Shenna
Best movies:
March or Die (1977)
Moonraker (1979)
François Valorbe
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Diary of a Country Priest (1951)
Eve Brenner
USA
Best movies:
Murder in the First (1995)
March or Die (1977)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)