Ransom Money/desert Commandos (Dvd) Double Feature

Product Description

Two movies in one.RANSOM MONEY is a young boy is kidnapped for the randsom money and then attempts to escape.However,he accidentally dies in a fall,but the kidnapper collects the $200,000 nonetheless. DESERT COMMANDOS is in an unusual twist,this film focuses on five German soldiers who are dropped behind enemy lines in the Sahara desert.Their mission is to travel to Casablanca to a world leader conference of Churchill,Roosevelt and DeGaulle,and then assassinate them.

Average customer rating:

Ransom stinks/Desert merely smells

Ransom Money / Desert Commandos
Starring: Ken Clark , Horst Frank , Jeanne Valérie , Carlo Hinterman , and Howard Ross
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Manufacturer: Dollar Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0007P0YK4
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Customer Reviews:

Ransom stinks/Desert merely smells.......2005-04-26

Why are these two movies packaged as one DVD? They both take place in hot dry places? Is that any reason to put them together?

RANSOM MONEY (no stars): Contrary to the credits and description on the package Ralph Meeker and Charles Bronson are NOT in the movie. Really! But Broderick Crawford is. There must have been a mix up with another kidnap movie. The movie on the DVD is very very stupid. The kidnapping is unbelievable. The intricate advance set ups with electronic wizardry and wild goose chasing just consumed film and confused the plot. Lots of padded footage, very bad lighting, inconsistent details. Filmed on location in Arizona and Las Vegas and showing them at their worst. In rotten color.

DESERT COMMANDOS (2 stars): Started off okay in Nazi Germany with a plot to kill the Allied leaders in Casablanca. 5 commandos are picked for their ability to speak English. One is Ken Clark who looks German-Nordic or like someone from Minnesota. They are dropped in the desert over 100 miles (why so far?) from Casablanca and meet a beautiful "Arab" woman who is their guide. 2 of them are killed on the way. They meet inept Arab tribesmen and take their clothing. They meet inept Allied soldiers and take their clothing. But the Allied soldiers knew in advance because one of the commandos is a spy. Yet they let the commandos continue with their mission instead of arresting or killing them on the spot. Later the Allied soldiers decide to arrest the commandos and must wage a gun battle that results in the loss of several Allied lives--kinda stupid? And the ending is a "surprise". Filmed on location in North Africa and with pretty good actors. This could have been a decent WW2 movie if the scriptwriter wasn't so inept. Hot, sunny color film.

Double Feature: Ransom Money & Desert Commandos

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Double Feature: Ransom Money & Desert Commandos

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Product Description

2 Movies Filled with Action Packed Adventure!! Ransom Money - This hard hitting film begins when Meeker kidnaps a young boy and takes him deep into Colorado's Royal George Park, where they boy attempts to escape and is accidentally killed. He collects the ransom money and after hiding it is captured and sent to prison. There he meets other cons who plan an escape so they can go and retrieve the hidden money. Desert Commandos - In an unusual turn, the film focuses on five German commandos who are dropped behind enemy lines in the Sahara Desert. Their mission is to assassinate Allied Leaders, (Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin) to change the course of the war.

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