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March or Die is a British film of genre Drama directed by Dick Richards released in USA on 8 september 1977 with Gene Hackman
March or Die (1977)
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Add to a movie listMarch or Die is a 1977 film directed by Dick Richards, starring Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Catherine Deneuve, Max von Sydow and Ian Holm.
The film celebrates the 1920s French Foreign Legion. Foreign Legion Major Foster (Hackman), a war-weary American haunted by his memories of the recently ended Great War, is assigned to protect a group of archaeologists at a dig site in Erfoud in Morocco from Bedouin revolutionaries led by El-Krim (based on Moroccan revolutionary Abd el-Krim).
The song Plaisir d'amour, a tune about lost love and regret is heard repeatedly through the film, serving as film's theme song.
Synopsis
Soon after the Great War, Major Foster (Hackman), the commander of a detachment of the French Foreign Legion, suffers the haunting memories of leading an army of 8,000, now reduced to 200. He has become an alcoholic as a result, and his only friend is his faithful Sergeant, Triand (Rufus Narcy).Actors
Gene Hackman
(Major William Sherman Foster)
Catherine Deneuve
(Simone Picard)
Terence Hill
(Marco Segrain)
Max von Sydow
(François Marneau)
Jack O'Halloran
(Ivan)
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