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macaroni combat Euro War, also known as Macaroni Combat, Macaroni War, Spaghetti Combat, or Spaghetti War, is a broad subgenre of war film that emerged in the mid-1960s. The films were named ''Euro War'' because most were European co-productions, most notably a ...

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starring John Garko, Margaret Lee and

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. Italian cinema specialist Howard Hughes referred to it as a derivative of ''

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'' (1967).p. 169 Hughes, Howard ''When Eagles Dared: The Filmgoers' History of World War II'' Bloomsbury Publishing, 30 Jan 2012

Summary

Gianni Garko is a fun-loving leader of a bunch of oddball G.I.s whose mission is to steal the German's secret attack plans from a villa behind enemy lines, where they run into a brutal Nazi commander. This film introduced, as it was typical in spaghetti combat films, a very particular and self parodic humour, using also elements inherited directly from the

Spaghetti Western The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...

, such as the hero using eccentric and odd weaponry, such as an iron baseball.

Cast

Gianni Garko Gianni Garko (born Giovanni Garcovich; 15 July 1935) is a retired Croats of Italy, Croatian-Italian actor. He found fame as a leading man in 1960s Spaghetti Westerns, where he was often billed as John Garko and occasionally Gary Hudson. He is per ...

- Lt. Glenn Hoffmann (as John Garko) * Margaret Lee - Helga Richter *

- SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Müller * Aldo Canti (credited as Nick Jordan)- Nick Amadori *

Sal Borgese Sal Borgese (born 5 March 1937) is an Italian film actor. He is sometimes credited as Salvatore Borghese or Mark Trevor. He is noted for extensive work in the Italian film industry from the 1960s to present day, and for his work as a stuntman an ...

- Al Siracusa * Luciano Rossi - Johnny 'Chicken' White *

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- Sgt. Sam McCarthy (as Sam Burke) * Irio Fantini - Maj. Gen. Friedrich Gerbordstadt * Biagio Gambini - Helga's Lover (uncredited) * Mike Monty - Capt. Nixon (uncredited) * Bill Vanders - American General (uncredited)

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* 1969 films 1960s Italian-language films 1960s war drama films 1969 action films 1969 drama films 1969 war films 1960s Italian films Films directed by Gianfranco Parolini Macaroni Combat films Italian war drama films Italian World War II films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub