Rogues' Regiment (1948)
1h 26m | PG-13
A post World War 2, US Army agent is assigned to join the Foreign Legion in search of high ranking Nazi war criminal who may have also enlisted.
Director: Robert Florey
Studio: Universal International Pictures
Genre: Adventure
Video: 720p
Cast
Dick Powell
as Whit Corbett
Märta Torén
as Lili Maubert
Vincent Price
as Mark Van Ratten
Stephen McNally
as Carl Reicher
Edgar Barrier
as Colonel Mauclaire
Henry Rowland
as Erich Otto Heindorf
Reviews
To be fair to this, it does inject a little twist into the usual French Foreign Legion story. This time the Americans implant an agent "Corbett" (Dick Powell) into the platoon in the hope that he can track down a senior Nazi who is trying to get himself (and some loot) to safety after WWII. It's set in French Indo-China rather than North Africa, so there is some scope for a bit of jungle antics as the two men play a bit of cat and mouse. The mystery is helped along by Vincent Price and his dodgy accent as "Van Patten", a travelling art dealer and by the glorified pub singer Lili" (Märta Torén) whom, to be fair, can actually hold a note for her two numbers. It doesn't take us long to work out who is who but the method of smuggling the spoils is quite innovative and though the production is pretty run of the mill, the decent pace keeps it quite entertaining for ninety minutes.