La Brigade glorieuse

This film takes place during the Korean War with an American engineer unit having to destroy a bridge across a river before the North Koreans can capture it intact. Yet, despite the fact that they are successful in destroying it, the United Nations leadership is curious as to the size and strength of the enemy on the other side of the river and decide to send in a Greek infantry company to gather some necessary intelligence. To cross the river, however, they will require the assistance of an engineer unit and because of his Greek heritage "Lieutenant Sam Pryor" (Victor Mature) volunteers his platoon. Since it isn't supposed to be a particularly hazardous assignment his men don't seem to mind too much. But things become much more complicated when they find themselves trapped on the other side of the river with the enemy closing in and distrust developing between the two allies. Now rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was one of those films mentioned over the loudspeaker in the movie "MASH" and-even though I wasn't expecting much-I decided to check it out for the sake of curiosity. To my surprise, it turned out to be an okay film. Having said that, however, I should also mention that this movie is clearly a bit dated and it follows the typical plot prevalent during this particular period of time. But I figure it was more than sufficient for the time spent and because of that I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.