Mercenary film with Ray Danton and Carl Möhner
Since mercenaries were the focus of war films like "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) in those years, successful producer Luggi Waldleitner (1913-1998) sensed a market niche with his Roxy Film and had this exciting film in German-Spanish-Italian co-production stage.
When there is nothing left to fight in the Congo crisis, two mercenaries (Ray Danton, Carl Möhner) move on to Latin America. There they are supposed to protect the ore transport of a mine owner (Georges Rigaud) through the jungle against bandits. In particular, a mute man in black (Günther Stoll) becomes a bitter adversary. When one of the two mercenaries switches sides, the other finds himself alone against a superior number of villains. Only the striking Maria (Pascale Petit) stays by his side...
So nothing new on the mercenary front! But the film is very exciting and the actors are particularly appealing.
The American actor Ray Danton (1931-1992) had come to the Roman Cinecitta a few years earlier to compete with muscle god Steve Reeves as "Sandokan". He later became a TV director in America, also directing episodes of DALLAS and DYNASTY.
Since his appearance in "Rififi" (1955), Carl Möhner (1921-2005) has appeared alternately in international and German productions.
Günther Stoll (1924-1977) is certainly still remembered as the grumpy detective in the early DERRICK episodes on the German television station ZDF.
Not a big genre masterpiece, but you can definitely watch it!
