A French Foreign Legion commander is told to assemble a unit and capture an Algerian rebel leader. He gathers in his old unit, most of whom are no longer in top form. One is having nightmares of past indiscretions, another is now drinking, another has lost his nerve. He takes them in captures the leader, but then is unable to make it to the pick up. He encounters a rebel patrol and is trapped unless they can escape before their water runs out.
Stewart Granger
as Captain Le Blanc
Dorian Gray
as Nora
Carlos Casaravilla
as Ben Bled
Ivo Garrani
as Colonel Dionne
Alfredo Mayo
as Mayor
Pablito Alonso
as Arab Kid
Hans von Borsody
as Fritz
Dietmar Schönherr
as Petit Prince
Peter Carsten
as Barbarossa
Fausto Tozzi
as Brascia
Leo Anchóriz
as Garcia
Maurizio Arena
as Dolce Vita
