Hardened men on the coast of Slovenia opposing the German occupation during WW2

An American Lieutenant and sergeant (Richard Conte and Rory Calhoun) help Yugoslav guerillas in 1943 at the southern tip of the Gulf of Trieste. Their goal is to kidnap a German colonel in exchange for an American captain, who happens to possess strategic Allied plans.

“Operation Cross Eagles” (1968) was obviously influenced by “The Guns of Navarone,” just on a smaller budget with a Spaghetti Western edge. The focus is gritty action above dialogue, which results in several interestingly silent sequences.... read the rest.