Seeing this movie around 2 in the morning on Bravo, it caught my interest for a little while. But, the most intresting thing, besides seeing Roy Scheider make an enemy tower combust with the aid of keresone, was his amazing ability to look like a toad. The main reason was his mouth, I guess. How could anyone take this man seriously in combat??? I would probably bust out laughing when encountered with his amphibian-like physique. It was and ok movie, but like a lot of other ones I have seen.
Viewer Reviews The best element of this movie is the vintage Porsche 356 which Scheider's colonel character drives. Stanton's general is totally miscast, but his acting is superb. What really irked me was the failure to set the scene to at least look something like Germany. Other than some snow and evergreens, it was obviously filmed in the states or maybe Canada. The roads and building types are all wrong. Ignoring all the negatives, this movie is still quite entertaining. Stanton's character
