Overview

Just after World War I, Major Foster is incorporating new recruits into his French Foreign Legion platoon when he is sent to his former remote outpost located in the French Morocco to protect an archaeological excavation from El Krim, a Rifian leader who intends to unite all local tribes to fight the colonial government…

Cast

Gene Hackman

Major William Sherman Foster

Terence Hill

Marco Segrain

Catherine Deneuve

Simone Picard

Max von Sydow

François Marneau

Ian Holm

El Krim

Jack O'Halloran

Ivan

Rufus

Sgt. Triand

Marcel Bozzuffi

Lt. Fontaine

André Penvern

'Top Hat'

N/A

Paul Sherman

Fred Hastings

Vernon Dobtcheff

Mean Corporal

Marne Maitland

Leon