Richard Mulligan plays a German masquerading as American "Major Lansing" and Vincent Gardenia, speaking Italian fluently (never heard him speak Italian onscreen before although he was of Italian descent on both sides) both give good performances. Mulligan's arrogant overbearing duplicitous Teuton is matched by Gardenia's honorable Italian Captain Centis, who has surrendered himself to the Americans as he has a bunch of wounded men who need medical attention. When Centis recognizes Lansing as a German, and Lansing reveals his plans to kill the Allied General Maclean, Centis, who cares more about getting help to his men, rejects Lansing and tries to warn the Americans. Centis is shot by Lansing for his troubles but survives.
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