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The Commander
The Commander
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The Commander

Original Title: Der Commander

1988
1h 45m
Action
War

Status

Released

Release

1988

Runtime

1h 45m

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Storyline

Lewis Collins is back to leading mercenaries on the move in Southeast Asia. This time the cast is unusually good including Lee Van Cleef, Brett Halsey (Cop Game), Romano Puppo (Robowar), Mike Monty (Raiders of Atlantis), Bobby Rhodes (The Great Alligator), etc. Anyway, Van Cleef has Collins go on some random mission to locate a disc with all sorts of valuable crazy intelligence data on it. It just happens that Donald Pleasence, a random government official, hires another mercenary-for-hire Manfred Lehman to tag along and make sure the data ends up in the right hands. Van Cleef isn't taking any chances, and since he is crooked and murders Collins's other bosses quickly, he places Romano Puppo in the group as well to make sure the operation runs smoothly. Collins may not be too expressive but at least he seems to figure out quickly who's out to get him, so the mission continues with lots of double-crosses, twists and turns, and of course lots of explosions!

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 45m
Apr 28, 1988
Director
Antonio Margheriti
Antonio Margheriti
Production
Ascot Film
Ascot Film
Production Countries
Germany
Italy
Switzerland

Top Cast

18 Cast Members

Lewis Collins

Lewis Collins

Major Colby

Lee Van Cleef

Lee Van Cleef

Col. Mazzarini

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Henry Carlson

Brett Halsey

Brett Halsey

McPherson

Manfred Lehmann

Manfred Lehmann

Mason / Hiccock

Bobby Rhodes

Bobby Rhodes

Kongo Klaus

John Steiner

John Steiner

Duclaud

Romano Puppo

Romano Puppo

Angelo

Thomas Danneberg

Thomas Danneberg

Gustafson

Christian Brückner

Christian Brückner

Frank Williams

Frank Glaubrecht

Frank Glaubrecht

Lennox

Anita Lochner

Anita Lochner

Mrs. Mason

Wolfgang Kühne

Krüger

Paul Müller

Paul Müller

Carbalo

Antonio Cantafora

Antonio Cantafora

Nick De Carlo

David Brass

One of Dong's soldiers (uncredited)

Chat Silayan

Chat Silayan

Ling

Mike Monty

Stone

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