A British Colonel is angry with his superiors after his entire platoon is slaughtered by the Germans in what he saw as a suicide mission. So for his next mission, he takes along a platoon a convicted criminals - to prepare the Normandy beaches for the D-Day landings.
- Genre: Action, War
- Studio: Hape Film, Eguiluz Films, Tritone Cinematografica
- Keyword: submarine, resistance, world war ii, transport of prisoners, normandy, france, revenge, train, commando, disguise, occupied france (1940-44), collaborator
- Cast: Jack Palance, Wolfgang Preiss, Curd Jürgens, Thomas Hunter, Claudio Undari, Helmuth Schneider