The Heroes

The Heroes

1973 · ★ 5.7 · Comedy, War, Adventure

Four soldiers and a beautiful Greek nurse, thrown together in North Africa during World War II, team up to pull off a heist of two-million pounds in boxes marked "plasma."

Directed by Duccio Tessari · Written by Luciano Vincenzoni

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