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    Hornets’ Nest (1970)

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    This WWII adventure stars Rock Hudson, with a moustache that ages him, as Captain Turner, paratrooper and demolition expert, who is the only survivor of a failed mission into the German-occupied Italian countryside to destroy the Della Norte dam.

    He enlists the support of a group of revengeful Italian children orphaned when their parents were massacred by the Nazis.

    Moved into this determined group of one adult man and several inspired boys and girls is a beautiful, curvaceous German doctor, Bianca (Sylva Koscina, pictured at right).

    She assists Turner’s recovery, encourages his modified rapist’s ardour when she tries to kill him, and eventually finds a new set of values.

    The climax, with some excellent special effects, provides a dam burst to remember. The action is directed with panache and furnishes some visual comment on the awfulness of war.

    But Hornets’ Nest is far too long and the script not interesting enough to hold one’s attention for an hour and 45 minutes.

    Captain Turner
    Rock Hudson
    Bianca
    Sylva Koscina
    Von Hecht
    Sergio Fantoni
    Schwalberg
    Giacomo Rossi Stuart
    Maj. Taussig
    Jacques Sernas
    Aldo
    Mark Colleano
    Carlo
    Mauro Gravina
    Dino
    John Fordyce
    Franco
    Giuseppe Cassuto
    Tonio
    Amedeo Castracane
    Romeo
    Giancarlo Colombaioni
    Mikko
    Ronald Colombaioni
    Arturo
    Valerio Colombaioni
    Rico
    Giuseppe Coppola
    Paolo
    Luigi Criscuolo

    Director
    Phil Karlson

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