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Paratroop Command is a film of genre Drama directed by William Witney released in USA on 1 february 1959 with Richard Bakalyan
Paratroop Command (1959)
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Add to a movie listParatroop Command is a 1959 war film directed by William Witney, starring Richard Bakalyan, Ken Lynch and Jack Hogan. Quentin Tarantino, an admirer of Witney's work, considers this film to be among his four best. American International Pictures originally released the film as a double feature with Submarine Seahawk.
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Charlie is a soldier who suffers the scorn of his paratroop unit because he accidentally kills one of their own men. The film is set in World War II in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy.Actors
Richard Bakalyan
(Charlie)
Ken Lynch
(Lieutenant)
Jack Hogan
(Ace)
Jeff Morris
(Pigpen)
Sydney Lassick
(Interpreter)
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