KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

rdoyle29 Roger Moore is the commanding officer of a Nazi POW camp on the Greek coast. His main task is to use three prisoners ... David Niven, Richard Roundtree and Sonny Bono ... who are experts in antiquities to retrieve valuable archaeological relics for the Reich. A pair of American entertainers ... Elliot Gould and Stefanie Powers ... are picked up by the German army near the camp and became it's latest guests. Moore is not particularly sympathetic to the Nazi cause, so he teams up with his 3 experts and Greek partisans lead by Telly Savalas to take over the camp and steal some extremely valuable items from a nearby mountaintop monastery. This film is clearly meant to cash in on the success of "The Dirty Dozen" and it's imitators, most notably "Kelly's Heroes". It's characters are mostly morally questionable folks who walk a thin line between noble intentions and naked self-interest. In addition, many of the characters, Gould and Bono being the clearest examples, are just raging anachronisms who have stepped right out of the 1970's and into WWII. Unlike "The Dirty Dozen", this film just does not work for me. Major plot points are just frankly unbelievable (the Greek partisans use a brothel that caters to Nazi officers as their headquarters), and the action, when it finally comes, is rather flat and uninteresting. Great cast though ... although Moore should have never ever ever tried to do a German accent.

edwoodjr2003 Hogan's Heroes meets Batman-like camp. Totally and utterly implausible and fluffy. A lot of dumb Germans, etc. But if you go int it thinking that way it's not THAT bad. After all, it is a movie. Lots of explosions and gunfire and flames. It looks like they had fun making it. A nice vacation for all involved. If not just a payday. weird jump to "current times" (1979?) at the end. I saw this twice as a kid at the local town theater. Probably had a pack of Sweettarts and a flat coke. End credits include "lingerie by.......". Definitely wouldn't pay $10+ to see it but if you catch it on cable, give it a try. I'm now trying to make the required 10 lines here for submission.

Jackson Booth-Millard I am always keen to try war films with a good amount of actors in the cast, and even though this had a low rating, I was still willing to try it, from George P. Cosmatos (Rambo: First Blood Part II, Tombstone). Basically it is World War II, and the Germans have managed to sweep through Greece where camp Stalag VII-Z is located where various civilian prisoners have been thrown. The camp is under control of unpleasant brutality enjoying SS Major Volkmann (Anthony Valentine), and the more charming and former dodgy Viennese art merchant Major Otto Hecht (Sir Roger Moore). Amongst the prisoners who have been spared their lives are archaeology Professor Blake (David Niven), American show performer and presenter Charlie Del Mar (Elliott Gould) and his wife Dottie (Stefanie Powers), black POW Nat Judson (Richard Roundtree), and Italian cook Bruno Rotelli (Sonny Bono). Local Greek resistance leader Zeno (Telly Savalas) and these prisoners have plans not to escape the camp, but to take it over to avoid more villagers being executed. However, they all have the same goal when they hear of priceless treasures on the nearby Mount Athena inside the monastery, and Hecht is persuaded to help with a cut. Of course with an invasion on the way Zeno and the gang have to hurry before the secret German rocket installation beneath the monastery mountain can be activated. Also starring Claudia Cardinale as Eleana and William Holden as Prisoner smoking a cigar in prison camp. Moore might be a good charming lead, but his German accent is terrible, and co-stars Niven, Savalas, Gould and Roundtree all get their moments too. The war element is possibly the least focused part of the story which I found really boring in parts, so much so I even dozed off, not even the explosions and action could do much to grab my attention, so a disappointing war adventure. Adequate!

ma-cortes This WWII movie takes place on somewhere in Greek islands during 1944 , a misfit prisoners group(a stoic David Niven,a two-fisted Richard Roundtree, among them) are scheming escape from the concentration camp and at the same time the robbing in an Ortodox monastery at the top of the island's mountain. At the bunch appear a distinguished David Niven(whose son David Niven Jr is producer), an Italian cook(Sonny Bono), a member of the Greek Resistance(Telly Savalas), a prostitute( beautiful Claudia Cardinale) and among Nazis are a former Viennese art merchant(likable Roger Moore) and a cruel Nazi(Anthony Valentine).The gentleman Nazi officer Moore is stuck with the outfit of goof-offs as they search for the Greek treasure.Basically an amusing action filled /wartime/and comedy set during WWII. It's a crossover among the rogue soldiers from ¨The Kelly's heroes(Brian G Hutton)¨, the getaway from ¨The great escape(John Sturges)¨ and the humor included in ¨Hogan's heroes¨ taking parts here and there. This wartime picture which is short in realism instead we have far-fetched but moving blow up, shoot'em up, fighting , it should please most adventure-action-comedy buffs.Middling screenplay by the prestigious Edward Anhalt.Some characters aren't credible in 1944 setting , neither the Nais soldiers dressed in black when parade along with the secret German rocket installation.Roger Moore is miscast as an Nazi official and Elliott Gould as a hippie-alike sound embarrassing. Cameo by William Holden as prisoner smoking a cigar in prison camp and he appears uncredited. Luminous and shimmer photography by Gilbert Taylor. Stirring and military musical score by Lalo Schifrin. This improbable motion picture is professionally directed by George Pan Cosmatos. Although the movie has some aspects a little tough to take , this caper film still has its moments.This large-scale and lavishly produced pic attempts a bemusing atmosphere with regular results.