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 Sergio Donati
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Rod Steiger Guenther von Lutz -
Rosanna Schiaffino Katrin -
Rod Taylor Lieutenant Bob Robson -
Claude Brasseur Raphael Tilbaudet -
Gianni Garko Schreiber -
Aldo Giuffrè Spartaco Amore -
Terry-Thomas Major John Cooper -
Paolo Giusti - N Nino Segurini German Soldier Neumann
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