Heroes Without Glory

Heroes Without Glory

1971 · 92 min · ★ 6.7 · Drama, War

Major Briggs, one stiff upper-lipped Brit, receives a hand-to-head treatment in a North African bar. Impressed, he recruits the most skilled American specialists to help him blow up Rommel's most treasured ammo depot. Perilous desert journey awaits them, especially given an inevitable rendezvous with one immoral priest, a German nurse right beside him.

Directed by Alfredo Rizzo · Written by Anthony Blod

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