Commando (1962 film)

Marcia o Crepa
US release film poster
Directed byFrank Wisbar
Written byWilliam Denby
Mino Guerrini
Milton Krims
Giuseppe Mangione
Frank Wisbar
Arturo Tofanelli (story)
Produced byWilly Zeyn
StarringStewart Granger
Dorian Gray
CinematographyCecilio Paniagua
Edited byMario Serandrei
Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino
Production
companies
Temp Film
FICIT
Galatea
Midega
Distributed byTempo Film (Italy)
American International Pictures (USA)
Release dates
  • 1962 (1962) (Italy)
  • 1963 (1963) (UK)
  • 1964 (1964) (France, U.S.)
Running time
101 minutes
CountriesBelgium
Spain
Italy
Germany
LanguageEnglish
Box office977,460 admissions (France)[1]

Marcia o Crepa (March or Die), known as The Legion's Last Patrol in the UK and Commando in the US, is a 1962 European (Italian, German, Spanish) co-production war film about the Algerian War of Independence.[2][3]

It was released in 1964 in the US by American International Pictures on a double feature with Torpedo Bay/Beta Som.[4][5]

In the UK this film was shown at Odeon cinemas as part of a double feature with The Day of the Triffids.

  1. ^ Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France at Box Office Story
  2. ^ "LEGION'S LAST PATROL, The "(Marcia o Crepa)"". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 30, no. 348. London. Jan 1, 1963. p. 87.
  3. ^ Clifford, Terry (Mar 24, 1968). "The Long After-Life of Stewart Granger". Chicago Tribune. p. e13.
  4. ^ "Commando And Torpedo Bay movie posters at movie poster warehouse movieposter.com". www.movieposter.com. Archived from the original on 2007-03-19.
  5. ^ "War Movies Scheduled". Los Angeles Times. Mar 4, 1964. p. C11.