Churchill's Leopards (Italian: I leopardi di Churchill, Spanish: Los Leopardos de Churchill) is a 1970 Italian-Spanish "macaroni combat" war film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux and starring Richard Harrison and Klaus Kinski.[1]
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 Italian poster | |
| Directed by | Maurizio Pradeaux |
| Written by | Maurizio Pradeaux Arpad DeRiso Federico De Urrutia |
| Produced by | Roberto Capitani Marcello Ciriaci |
| Starring | Richard Harrison Klaus Kinski |
| Cinematography | Miguel Fernández Mila |
| Edited by | Enzo Alabiso |
| Music by | Franco Salina |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Countries | Italy Spain |
| Language | Italian |
Plot
editA British commando team heads into occupied France to blow up a German held dam in preparation for D-Day, while a British officer infiltrates the German garrison, posing as his recently dead German twin brother, in order to provide help from the inside. The German commander is, however, becoming very suspicious.
Main cast
edit- Richard Harrison as Lt. Richard Benson / Lt. Hans Müller
- Pilar Velázquez as Elise
- Giacomo Rossi-Stuart as Major Powell
- Frank Braña as François Leduc
- Helga Liné as Marlene Schulman
- Antonio Casas as "La Tulipe"
- Klaus Kinski as Hauptsturmführer Holtz
- Herb Andress
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "New York Times: Churchill's Leopards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
External links
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