The Devil's Brigade
1968 American war film about the formation and first mission of the joint Canadian-American WWII special forces winter and mountain unit formally called 1st Special Service Force, but commonly known as �The Devil�s Brigade�. The film dramatises the Brigade's first mission in the Italian Campaign, the task of capturing the German mountain stronghold Monte la Difensa, in December 1943. The film is based on the 1966 book of the same name, co-written by American novelist and historian Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton, a member of the brigade.
Actors: Cliff Robertson , Richard Jaeckel , William Holden , Claude Akins , Jack Watson , Vince Edwards , Andrew Prine , Jeremy Slate , Bill Fletcher , Richard Dawson , Tom Troupe
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Quality: CAM
Release: 1968
IMDb: 6.8