Desert Commandos
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| Attentato ai tre grandi | |
| Directed by | Umberto Lenzi |
| Screenplay by | Umberto Lenzi |
| Story by | Umberto Lenzi |
| Produced by | Alberto Grimaldi |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Carlo Carlini |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso |
| Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
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| Distributed by | PEA Constantin Film |
Release dates | 1 December 1967 (Italy)
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Running time | 96 minutes |
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| Language | Italian |
Desert Commandos (Italian: Attentato ai tre grandi) is a 1967 French/Italian/West German international co-production war film set during World War II in Morocco where it was filmed. The Italian title (Attack on the Big Three) refers to a German commando group with a mission to assassinate Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle at the Casablanca Conference.
The film is a character-based drama that focuses on the German soldiers' various drives and conflicts during encounters with Tuareg nomads, and French and American soldiers.