''Delta Force Commando'', is a 1987 Italian "

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directed by Pierluigi Ciriaci as Frank Valenti and starring

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An American pilot and a member of the "

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Cast

* Brett Baxter Clark as Lieutenant Tony Turner *

as Captain Samuel Beck *

as Colonel Keitel * Mark Gregory * Divana Brandão as Maria *

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* Emy Valentino * Jean Michel Pellizza

Release and reception

''Delta Force Commando'' was released by Vista on home video in the United States on November 25, 1987. On the original home video release, ''

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'' summarized that the "acting is terrible but there are a number of dazzling action scenes." In the German Film almanach ''Fischer film almanach'', the reviewer found that the film was a "primitive war film" with dubious politics.

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* 1987 films 1980s war films English-language Italian films Macaroni Combat films Vietnam War films 1980s English-language films 1980s Italian films English-language war films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub

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