Desert Hell (1958)
The Stormy Saga of the Legion of the Damned!
Gênero : Guerra, Aventura
Runtime : 1H 22M
Director : Charles Marquis Warren
Escritor : Endre Bohem
Sinopse
This melodrama tells the tale of a great battle between the French Foreign Legion and the rebellious Arab tribe, the Tuaregs, who fight it out upon the blistering Sahara sands. Just before the Legionnaires embark upon their dangerous mission, the commander discovers that he is being cuckolded by his lieutenant. Because the mission is urgent, there is no time to fight over the commander's wife. Unfortunately, as they travel, the tension between the two mounts and they begin squabbling over how to plan the attack. Their inability to work together results in tragedy.
Lyon Gaultier abandona a Legião Estrangeira no Norte da África quando recebe a notícia da morte de seu irmão em Los Angeles. Depois de conseguir escapar de dois legionários enviados para trazê-lo de volta, Lyon está determinado a encontrar o assassino de seu irmão. Para isso, ele mergulha no submundo do circuito das lutas de rua para conseguir dinheiro e ajudar a família de seu irmão.
Em 1926, um grupo de arqueólogos descobre um túmulo na cidade perdida de Hamunaptra. Dentro da tumba é encontrado o corpo de Imhotep, o sacerdote do Faraó Seti, que foi mumificado vivo e amaldiçoado por ter dormido com a amante do faraó e assassinado o faraó. Um dos membros da equipa lê um manuscrito encontrado no local, trazendo Imhotep de volta à vida, com toda a sua sede de vingança e arrastando consigo as dez pragas do Egipto.
Em 1870 é enviado ao Japão o capitão Nathan Algren, um conceituado militar norte-americano. A missão de Algren é treinar as tropas do imperador Meiji, para que elas possam eliminar os últimos samurais que ainda vivem na região. Porém, após ser capturado pelo inimigo, Algren aprende com Katsumoto o código de honra dos samurais e passa a ficar em dúvida sobre que lado apoiar.
Em um campo de treinamento da Legião Francesa, no nordeste da costa africana, vemos a história de devoção do sargento Galoup ao enigmático comandante Bruno. Enquanto tentar entender seus conflituosos sentimentos, Galoup tem sua vida virada de cabeça para baixo com a chegada do novo recruta Guilles Sentain.
Oliver e Stanley passam uma temporada em Paris. Quando estão prestes a retornar à América, Oliver se vê apaixonado por uma francesa e decide ficar por lá, mas logo fica arrasado quando descobre que sua amada irá casar com outro. Para esquecê-la, junta-se à Legião Estrangeira, ao lado de seu inseparável amigo Stanley. Devido às suas trapalhadas, eles são acusados de deserção e condenados a um pelotão de fuzilamento. Mas a dupla consegue escapar em um avião roubado.
The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret. That night, insouciant legionnaire Tom Brown catches her inimitably seductive, tuxedo-clad act. Both bruised by their past lives, the two edge cautiously into a no-strings relationship while being pursued by others. But Tom must leave on a perilous mission: is it too late for them?
Just after World War I, Major Foster is incorporating new recruits into his French Foreign Legion platoon when he is sent to his former remote outpost located in the French Morocco to protect an archaeological excavation from El Krim, a Rifian leader who intends to unite all local tribes to fight the colonial government…
Michael "Beau" Geste deixa a Inglaterra depois de acontecimentos que o deixaram frustrado, e se junta a infame Legião Estrangeira Francesa. Lá, ele se reúne com seus dois irmãos no norte da África, onde enfrentam mais perigo com seu comandante sádico do que com os árabes rebeldes.
Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family heirloom.
Bertram Oliphant West (also known as Bo West) wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation. He joins the Foreign Legion, with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the fort they get posted to is full of eccentric legionnaires, and there is trouble brewing with the locals too. Unbeknown to Bo, his lady love has followed him in disguise...
After his daughter died of cancer, former French foreign legionnaire "Straight Shooter" alias Volker Bretz threatens those who financed, built, favoured and now work the nuclear power plant Atar II to kill one of them each day until the plant is shut down. His former drill sergeant, Frank Hector, who now owns several night clubs and brothels, is the only one who might be able to stop the maniac killing specialist. Frank is flown in instantly, but soon has to find out that his former comrade's actions might be a result from an event long ago.
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
Depois de cometer um assassinato em Paris, Pierre Gilieth foge para Barcelona. Na tentativa de arrumar dinheiro na capital da Catalunha, o francês se alista na Legião Estrangeira Espanhola, onde faz dois amigos, Lucas e Mulot. Pierre tenta esquecer suas culpas, mas os fatos não deixam.
Captain Gerard, greatest lover in the Foreign Legion, is assigned to escort an emir's daughter to her father's mountain citadel and find out what he can about the emir's activities. Gerard enjoys his work with lovely Cara, but arrives to find rebellion brewing.
In 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major, they defend a fort against Berber and Tuareg attack.
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid. Bits include Lou's mirage sightings, one a New York newsboy ("they gave me a bad corner").
Based on The Hand and the Flower, a novel by Jerrard Tickell, A Day to Remember stars Stanley Holloway as Charley Porter, captain of London darts team. When the team travels to the French town of Boulogne for the annual darts tournament, a good time is had by all--and more besides. Jim Carver one of the team's members, is reunited with a little French girl he'd befriended during the war, who has now developed into a beautiful young woman. And Fred Collins makes a poignant journey to the hotel where he'd honeymooned with his late wife. The film works best as a low-key comedy-drama; it is least successful when it ventures into O. Henry territory and strains for "surprise" story twists. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Em 1978, um militar francês prepara-se para abandonar o posto no Zaire quando combatentes armados invadem a cidade mineira, fazendo 3000 reféns civis.
Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe out the Foreign Legion. Feature version of the movie serial, The Three Musketeers (1934).
Charles Jackson, an American sea-captain and singing soldier-of-fortune, is arrested by the French Foreign Legion for running guns to the rebel forces in Morocco fighting against the rule of the French in north Africa. He is saved by Lili La Fleur, a singer/dance in a Morocco café and, through her, eventually becomes a hero to the Foreign Legion.
