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| Director: | Robert Florey | 
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| Writer: | Robert Florey, Robert Buckner | 
| Staring: | 
| A post World War 2, US Army agent is assigned to join the Foreign Legion in search of high ranking Nazi war criminal who may have also enlisted. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 28, 1948 | 
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| Director: | Robert Florey | 
| Writer: | Robert Florey, Robert Buckner | 
| Genres: | Adventure | 
| Keywords | foreign legion | 
| Production Companies | Universal International Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Dick Powell | Whit Corbett | 
| Märta Torén | Lili Maubert | 
| Vincent Price | Mark Van Ratten | 
| Stephen McNally | Carl Reicher | 
| Edgar Barrier | Colonel Mauclaire | 
| Henry Rowland | Erich Otto Heindorf | 
| Carol Thurston | Li-Ho-Kay | 
| James Millican | Cobb | 
| Richard Loo | Kao Pang | 
| Philip Ahn | Tran Duy Gian | 
| Richard Fraser | Rycroft | 
| Otto Reichow | Stein | 
| Kenny Washington | Sam Latch | 
| Dennis Dengate | O'Hara | 
| Frank Conroy | Colonel Lemercier | 
| Martín Garralaga | Hazaret | 
| James Nolan | American Colonel | 
| Leo Schlesinger | Soldier (uncredited) | 
| Victor Sen Yung | Rickshaw Boy (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Robert Florey | Director, Story | 
| Orry-Kelly | Costume Design | 
| Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist | 
| Robert Buckner | Screenplay, Story | 
| Maurice Goldberg | Still Photographer | 
| Billy Daniel | Choreographer | 
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | Music | 
| Maury Gertsman | Director of Photography | 
| Ralph Dawson | Editor | 
| Bernard Herzbrun | Art Direction | 
| Gabriel Scognamillo | Art Direction | 
| Oliver Emert | Set Decoration | 
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration | 
| Carmen Dirigo | Hairstylist | 
| Lew Leary | Production Manager | 
| Horace Hough | Assistant Director | 
| Leslie I. Carey | Sound | 
| Richard DeWeese | Sound | 
| Dorothy Hughes | Script Supervisor | 
| Harry Davis | Camera Operator | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Robert Buckner | Producer | 
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To be fair to this, it does inject a little twist into the usual French Foreign Legion story. This time the Americans implant an agent "Corbett" (Dick Powell) into the platoon in the hope that he can track down a senior Nazi who is trying to get himself (and some loot) to safety after WWII. It's set ... in French Indo-China rather than North Africa, so there is some scope for a bit of jungle antics as the two men play a bit of cat and mouse. The mystery is helped along by Vincent Price and his dodgy accent as "Van Patten", a travelling art dealer and by the glorified pub singer Lili" (Märta Torén) whom, to be fair, can actually hold a note for her two numbers. It doesn't take us long to work out who is who but the method of smuggling the spoils is quite innovative and though the production is pretty run of the mill, the decent pace keeps it quite entertaining for ninety minutes.