It’s likely my best experience seeing Telly Savalas in a film, as he takes on the role of joining his similarly named lieutenant (Clint Eastwood) for a risky trek through hostile territory. Amidst constant explosions, their unit seizes a German officer who discloses the location of a bank in the French countryside containing gold – specifically, $16 million worth. The question then becomes how to acquire it. To assis…

This entertaining war-themed comedy-action movie features Clint Eastwood. He plays a character who persuades Sgt. Big Joe, portrayed by Telly Savalas, his unit, and a Sherman tank commander with an unconventional personality (Donald Sutherland) to undertake a gold robbery in a French village located thirty miles behind enemy lines during their three-day leave. The story unfolds twelve weeks after the Normandy landing…

This movie is wild! It feels like a string of really good things happening—maybe we can actually pull this off! I’m in! After the success he had with Where Eagles Dare in 1968, Brian G. Hutton made another film about men on a mission, though it's quite different from his previous work. Hutton directed and Troy Kennedy-Martin wrote the screenplay; Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, and Don Rickles ar…