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boblipton

George Cosmatos directs a World War II action yarn involving prisoners of war in Greece, archeology, a super-secret missile base, SCUBA diving and Greek partisans.

Cosmatos directs this rather flabby melange of elements competently. He was a reasonably successful action director in the period. He combines these elements using some mildly anachronistic joke, fine camerawork by Gilbert Taylor, and a cast of competent stars who have slightly exceeded their sell-by date: Roger Moore (as a Nazi officer), Telly Savalas, David Niven, Stephanie Powers, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Roundtree, Sonny Bono, and Elliot Gould all appear for the benefit of an audience nostalgic for the 1960s.

There's nothing particularly wrong in this movie, but there's nothing particularly compelling about it either.

score 5/10

boblipton 3 May 2020

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw5703050/