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In 1943, Major Keith Mallory and Sergeant Donovan "Dusty" Miller are sent to find and "eliminate" Nicolai (a German spy,
Colonel von Ingorslebon), who is believed to have successfully infiltrated the Yugoslav Partisans as "Captain Lescovar".
To get to Yugoslavia, the two men pair with "Force 10", an American sabotage unit, led by Lieutenant Colonel Mike Barnsby,
and steal a Lancaster bomber. They are joined by Weaver, a US Army sergeant escaping arrest by the Military Police, and
escape, only to be shot down by the Luftwaffe. Only Barnsby, Mallory, Miller, Weaver, and Lieutenant Doug Reynolds escape
the crippled plane. The survivors initially come upon a band of men they believe are Partisans but later revealed to be
collaborationist Chetniks led by Captain Drazak. Taken prisoner, they tell the German commander in control of the area, Major
Schroeder, that they are criminals deserting Allied authorities. To keep Schroeder from opening Miller's suitcase, which
contains explosives, Mallory tells him it contains the new drug "penicillin" which will spoil if exposed to air. The next
morning the prisoners are told that Schroeder has opened the case, finding it full of firewood. They improvise an excuse,
"admitting" they buried the samples. Schroeder sends Barnsby and Mallory to retrieve them under the guard of his
concubine Maritza and three soldiers. Miller, Weaver, and Reynolds are left in a cell in camp.
Far from camp, Maritza kills the Germans, revealing herself to be a Partisan. She hid the explosives and replaced them with
firewood. She directs Mallory and Barnsby towards the Partisan camp under the command of her father, Major Petrovich. Mallory
and Barnsby escape and meet a patrol of real Yugoslav Partisans led by Mallory's target – Captain Lescovar alias Nicolai, who
has the trust of Petrovich and has evaded suspicion by having had another man framed and executed as "Nicolai". Mallory and
Barnsby are taken to the partisan camp, which lies near a hydroelectric dam. A ravine separates Germans forces from the
outnumbered partisan camp. An arch bridge links each side of the ravine, but the partisans have been unable to destroy it.
Barnsby reveals that the bridge is Force 10's target. Mallory convinces Petrovich to mount a rescue mission of the demolitions
expert Miller, using Lescovar and Marko, a loyal Partisan. The four re-enter the camp at night, with Mallory and Barnsby posing
as captives, and Lescovar and Marko disguised as Chetniks. Drazak arrives with the bodies of the two real Chetniks. Drazak
realizes that Maritza must have helped Miller and Mallory escape, and begins beating her viciously. Schroeder and Reynolds
are killed in a gun battle, but Mallory, Barnsby, Miller, Weaver, Lescovar, and Marko escape with a badly beaten Maritza
and the recovered explosives.
Miller reveals that the bridge is impregnable, which Barnsby refuses to accept. Mallory hits upon the idea of destroying the
upstream dam with the sudden onrush of millions of gallons of water being enough to destroy the bridge. A night-time air drop
is arranged to replace Force 10's lost supplies, but Lescovar, who has managed to seemingly evade suspicion, is revealed to be
the saboteur, calling in German planes to stop the drop. Maritza catches Lescovar in the act but he kills her before she can
warn the others, and German planes bomb the illuminated drop zone killing numerous Partisans. Petrovich, angered by the botched
air drop, orders the men to be sent to Marshal Tito's headquarters for transport back to Italy. The team infiltrates the German
marshaling yards at Mostar to steal explosives accompanied by Lescovar and Marko. Lescovar again betrays them, alerting a German
officer, Sergeant Bismark, to their presence and identifying himself as an Abwehr intelligence officer. Marko sacrifices himself
to save the others, who escape with Lescovar aboard a train leaving for Sarajevo. Lescovar is questioned by the others as to why
the German sergeant saluted him and why he did not reveal that the train bound for Sarajevo passed quite close to the dam. Lescovar
initially denies the accusations but gives himself away and is shot dead by Barnsby, who then asks Mallory to return the favour by
helping him accomplish Force 10's mission.
Jumping the train near the dam, the team splits up: Miller and Weaver set off diversionary explosives while Mallory and Barnsby
sneak into the dam. Weaver runs into Captain Drazak and kills him in a knife fight, sustaining a serious injury to his arm. Mallory
and Barnsby set their charges within the dam and are caught in the explosion yet survive. The dam wall collapses, releasing
millions of tons of water in a wave that topples the bridge. The German assault is thwarted, saving Petrovich and the Partisans.
Mallory and Barnsby rejoin Miller and an injured Weaver. Mallory reminds the others they are trapped on the wrong side of the river.
As the credits roll, the men begin a strenuous journey back to friendly lines.
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Robert Shaw, Edward Fox, Harrison Ford, Barbara Bach, Carl Weathers,
Franco Nero, Richard Kiel
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Director: Guy Hamilton
Producer: Oliver A. Unger
Released - December 8, 1978
Length - 118 minutes
Music Composer: Ron Goodwin
Movie Distributed by American International Pictures
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