REFERENCE: FILM - HELL COMMANDOS (1970)

COMANDO AL INFIERNO (1970)
Also Known As:
7 Eroiche Carogne (Italy)
Hell Commandos (USA)
Directed by José Luis Merino
Cast: Guy Madison as Major Carter, Raffaella Carra as Sara von Kolström, Manuel Zarzo, Selvio Rossi as Sergeant Nolan (as Stan Cooper), Enrique Avila, Piero Lulli, Luis Induni, Antonio Mayans and Charly Bravo as (as Carlos Bravo )
Runtime: 92’
Country: Spain, Italy
Colour: Colour (Kodac) S
ound Mix: MonoGuy

Madison, yet again, stars as a commando officer who must lead a special unit to destroy a German bacteria. However, his men are accidentally killed by US deserters out for vengeance on the Nazis. He enlists these men to continue the mission with him in place of the commandos.
Merino brings back a number of actors from his earlier disaster THE BATTLE OF THE LAST PANZER, including ever-familiar Guy Madison ( HELL IN NORMANDY, THE WAR DEVILS ) as the tough commando leader.
The character has personality and depth unlike Garko in FIVE FOR HELL and Palace in BATTLE OF THE COMMANDOS. He's supported by Enrique Avila, Stelvio Rossi as the Sergeant; Manuel Zarzo( SUICIDE COMMANDO ) as a knife-throwing Indian; Luis Induni; Giuli Carr; and Raffaella Carra as the obligatory love interest who really does nothing but show off some skin. Plenty of familiar dubbing voices, too.

The combat scenes, especially near the end, are very well-choreographed with lots of machinegun fire and enemy troops chasing each other through the woods. Great scenery, too, and some nice mood-fitting music.
The script is full of stuff we don't see too much in 60s Italian war movies, like Gay SS officers, hordes of prostitutes, Wehrmacht men getting eaten apart by the plague, and attack dogs that carry lit sticks of dynamite back to their officers!
An excellent example of WWII B movie, one of the Best.