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(1953) Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Erich von Stroheim, Jean Tissier, Albert Dinan, Peter van Eyck. Here’s an adventure-intrigue-science fiction thriller that most fans never even knew exited—with Von Stroheim no less! A Foreign Legion officer is killed in southern Morocco after witnessing a secret experiment involving a fantastic new death ray. The death ray, capable of shooting down aircraft or destroying advancing armies, is in the hands of a criminal organization headed by Von Stroheim. The murdered officer’s pal sets out for vengeance by infiltrating Von Stroheim’s organization, where he soon gets to see the death ray in use. Erich shines as the crazed, power-seeking madman whose desert stronghold seems impenetrable. Nice color. In French with English subtitles, from 35mm.
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