''Then There Were Three'' also known as ''Three Came Back'' (, ) is a 1961 black and white Italian

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produced and directed by as well as co-starring

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and Barry Cahill.

Plot summary

During the Italian campaign the Germans scheme to assassinate an Italian partisan leader held by the Americans. They infiltrate an English speaking assassin dressed in American uniform who joins a group of stragglers making their way to the village where the partisan leader is. During their journey the German infiltrator eliminates the American soldiers one by one.

Cast

as Lt. Willotsky * Barry Cahill as Sgt. Travers *

as Pvt. Sam McLease * Frederick R. Clark as Calhoun * Sidney Clute as Pvt. Ben Harvey * Brendan Fitzgerald * Michael Billingsley as Pvt. T.I. Ellis * Frank Gregory as Pvt. Harry Miller *

Gérard Herter Gérard Herter, also known as Gerhard Haerter, Gerard Haerther, Gerald Herter, Gerard Herter, and Gerhard Herter (born 12 April 1920 in Stuttgart, died 6 February 2007 in Munich) was a German actor of the 1950s and 1960s who played many villains ...

as the German Colonel

References

External links

* 1961 films Italian Campaign of World War II films Macaroni Combat films English-language Italian films 1960s English-language films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub