
TRINITY'S BACK WITH A BRAND NEW BUDDY... and they're in the Foreign Legion. When they hit the desert You'd better hit the dirt!
Plot outline
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Cast
- Gene Hackman
- Terence Hill
- Catherine Deneuve
- Max von Sydow
- Ian Holm
- Jack O'Halloran
- Rufus
- Marcel Bozzuffi
- André Penvern
- Paul Sherman
- Vernon Dobtcheff
- Marne Maitland
- Luigi Bonos
- Wolf Kahler
- Matthias Hell
- Jean Champion
- Walter Gotell
- Paul Antrim
- Catherine Willmer
- Arnold Diamond
- Maurice Arden
- Albert Woods
- Liliane Rovère
- Elisabeth Mortensen
- Leila Shenna
- François Valorbe
- Villena
- Ernest Misko
- Guy Deghy
- Jean Rougerie
- Guy Mairesse
- Eve Brenner
- Guy Marly
- Margaret Modlin
- Luis Barboo
- L'Orchestre de la Garde républicaine
- Clément Harari
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During the 1920s, French Foreign Legion Major William Foster's (Gene Hackman's) unit is protecting an archaeological dig, but the discovery of an Arab sacred burial site prompts the angry Arab tribes to attack Foster's small garrison.
Foreign Legion Major William Foster (Gene 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 Segrain (Terence 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. Arab leader El Krim (Sir Ian Holm) uses this affront to unite the tribes in Jihad, and attacks the tiny Legion garrison at the dig. An epic battle follows, very reminiscent of Zulu (1964). Costumes, firearms, and props are all very authentic-looking, and show great attention to detail.