After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts to convert a rugged band of soldiers into a formidable fighting unit, with the promise of marrying a beautiful countess if he's made a general.
Cast
Anthony Quinn
Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy
Alain Delon
Captain Phillipe Esclavier
George Segal
Lt. Mahidi
Michèle Morgan
Countess de Clairefons
Maurice Ronet
Capain. Boisfeuras
Claudia Cardinale
Aisha
Grégoire Aslan
Ben Saad
Jean Servais
Gen. Melies
Maurice Sarfati
Merle
Jean-Claude Bercq
Orsini
Burt Kwouk
Viet Officer
Syl Lamont
Verte
Jacques Marin
Mayor
Jean-Paul Moulinot
DeGuyot
Andrés Monreal
Ahmed
Gordon Heath
Dia
René Havard
Fernand
Armand Mestral
Administration Officer
Al Mulock
Mugnier
Marie Burke
Mother Raspeguy
Aldo Sambrell
Ibrahim
Roberto Robles
Manuel
Emilio Carrer
Father Mahidi
Carmen Tarrazo
Mother Mahidi
Howard Hagan
Pilot
Mario De Barros
Geoffrin
Robert Sutton
Yusseff
George Rigaud
Priest
Albert Simono
Sapinsky
Walter Kelley
Major M.P.
Simon Benzakein
Arab Customer
Héctor Quiroga
Bakhti
Félix de Pomés
Aged Speaker
Xan das Bolas
Old Man with Flag (uncredited)
José María Caffarel
Minor Role (uncredited)
Manuel de Blas
Minor Role (uncredited)
Álvaro Marenco
Soldier (uncredited)
Josep Navalón
Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Verte (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Mark Robson
Director, Producer
Nelson Gidding
Writer
Jean Lartéguy
Novel
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Jonathan Benson
Second Assistant Director
John Quested
Assistant Director
José María Ochoa
Assistant Director
Luis Roberts
Production Supervisor
John R. Sloan
Associate Producer
Bruce Surtees
Camera Operator
Harvey Woods
Casting
Tanine Autré
Costume Design
John Wilson-Apperson
Costumer
Ron Beck
Costumer
Francisco Puyol
Makeup Artist
Harold Fletcher
Makeup Artist
José Algueró
Assistant Art Director
Alfred Cox
Sound Editor
Geoff R. Brown
Assistant Sound Editor
Wally Milner
Sound
Jack Haynes
Sound
Harry Fairbairn
Boom Operator
Manuel Baquero
Special Effects
Kit West
Special Effects
Fred Tuch
Visual Effects
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Vernon Dixon
Set Decoration
Harry Arbour
Construction Manager
Apolinar Rabinal
Location Manager
Elaine Schreyeck
Continuity
Jack Willoughby
Additional Photography
Mac Davidson
Production Manager
Claude Hudson
Unit Manager
John Stoll
Art Direction
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
