
Overlord
2018


“A lone American sergeant on the most impossible mission of the war!”
2 votes
After the D-Day landings in June 1944, a US squadron liberates a small village in Normandy from German occupation.
Director
Robert ParrishWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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This is quite a curiously pointless wartime adventure for Cliff Robertson. He is "Sgt. Baxter" who liberates the residents of a French village after the D-Day landings and then, with "Pte. Devine" (Red Buttons) spends the rest of the film ferrying these 21 civilians from pillar to post getting different instructions from a superior officer at every junction. Along the way, he does manage to find time for a little romance with "Lili" (Irina Demick) but must always be on his guard as the Nazis - including his sophisticated captive Commandant (Marius Goring) are still very much in the game. Their…
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