Summary: Foreign Legion Major Foster (Hackman), an American haunted by his memories of the recently-ended Great War, is assigned to protect a group of archaeologists at their dig. Foster's unit includes the charming, thieving rascal Marco (Hill), who joined the Legion only to avoid prison. After long stretches portraying the boredom and hardship of day-to-day life in the Legion, Foster's command occupies a small village where the archaeologists believe they've found a burial site sacred to the Arabs... (imdb)

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Genres: Romance, Drama, Adventure, War

Country: UK

Directed By: Dick Richards

Written By: David Zelag Goodman

Starring: Gene Hackman, Ian Holm, Catherine Deneuve, Max von Sydow, Terence Hill, Jack O'Halloran

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