Actually, Lloyd Bridges does speak English but it is with a German accent, and that alone in itself its worth a few laughs especially if you are fans of the comedies that he did from "Airplane!" on up. This is your average World War II Lost in the desert action film, and plot line, it's not bad if a bit predictable and often slow moving. There's a good cast which includes the German-born Eric Braeden (of The Young and the Restless), Douglas McClure, Roy Thinnes and an over-the-top Ivor Barry as a British officer who was a combination of Colonel Crittenden from "Hogan's Heroes" and cartoon character Captain McBragg.
A cool looking plane painted as a shark is a fun prop, and the desert location footage does add a lot of potential adventure. But this is the equivalent of the hundreds of B programmers released during World War II, many of which featured Bridges during his time as a contract player at Columbia. Unlike those films, the Nazis are not paid in a stereotypical manner but as human beings simply on a mission even if they are the enemy. Bridges does give a showy performance but he is such an all American actor that is difficult to see him playing a character on the opposite side of the spectrum. Good job too for the ensemble, and decent work by the cameraman.
A cool looking plane painted as a shark is a fun prop, and the desert location footage does add a lot of potential adventure. But this is the equivalent of the hundreds of B programmers released during World War II, many of which featured Bridges during his time as a contract player at Columbia. Unlike those films, the Nazis are not paid in a stereotypical manner but as human beings simply on a mission even if they are the enemy. Bridges does give a showy performance but he is such an all American actor that is difficult to see him playing a character on the opposite side of the spectrum. Good job too for the ensemble, and decent work by the cameraman.