The story of British Intelligence using criminals to work behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia during World War II.System Requirements:Running Time: 95 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CLASSICS Rating: NR UPC: 883904106418 Manufacturer No: M110641 Product Description
 |  | Selfish Criminals Redeemed in WW2 Thriller |  |
"The Secret Invasion" is one of Roger Corman's very best films. It has
an exciting story, colorful characters, and gorgeous location photography
in Dubrovnik, Croatia. One of the big pleasures is seeing how the five
criminal "experts" (and their British Army commander) each make a choice
to sacrifice for the mission, and thus for a free world. The formerly
selfish reprobates learn to care, and become genuine heroes. But in the
final view, there is really no glory or satisfaction, just a bloody job
accomplished at a terrible cost, as in any war.
June 16, 2008 | | the half dozen before dirty dozen | |
interesting flick made two years before dirty dozen. stewart granger, the leader, raf vallone, the brain, edd byrnes the forger, mickey rooney the bomber, william campbell the master of disguise, and in a multi textured role, henry silva the tortured assassin. if you forget about the tag that it's a low budget film made by the immortal roger corman, it's a pretty good film with an interesting ending, which proves even the most hardened criminal can find some redemption
June 14, 2008| | | A Fine Film being released at Last! | |
I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid at an Armed Forces movie theatre in Mannheim, Germany. Very entertaining. Less a forerunner of the DITY DOZEN as it is an imitation of THE GUNS OF NAVARONE. Be nice to see it again for the first time in twenty or thirty years.
March 31, 2008| | | "THE SECRET INVASION" -(Color 1964) | |
I fully share Mr.Walter Goodseal's sentiments about this great film finally making it out of those Hollywood's possessive shelves. This great film features screen giants like Stewart Granger, Ralph Vallone, Mickey Rooney, Henry Silva, William Campbell, Spela Rozin and Enzo Fiermonte as the Italian General Quadri, to name a few of a great cast. As Fascist Italy is near collapse, this group of infiltrating allied commandoes is sent into Nazi occupied Yugoslavia to provoke an uprising of the Italian troops there against their German allies which would hopefully help the U.S.,Britain and their allies, the Yugoslav partisans in the liberation of Yugoslavia from Hitler. This is an unusual war film, brilliantly directed by Roger Corman. A great film which should've been released a long time ago and we, its fans, have been waiting for it for decades, but at long last we will finally have a copy of it on DVD and watch it with pleasure.
March 2, 2008| | | the sleeper of all war films have finally arrived..thanks roger corman | |
Iam so proud that this movie has finally made it DVD. It is the best war film before the dirty dozen was even made. Roger Corman's direction is crisp and clean and it clips along with intensity and suspense. I saw this many years ago and love it since then. Thank you MGM and Roger Corman..it's been a long time coming.. However, this film is not photographed in 1.33 aspect ratio, but in 2.35 I have recieved my copy and I was amazed. The dvd print is very crisp and clear, the color magnificent. It so good to see this film again after all these years. The performances are all top notch. My favorite charcters are Edd Byrnes as Simon Fell. It's good to see him almost steal the film, his performance is his best to date. Henry Silva is cool as ever, and Mickey Rooney shines as the demolition expert. With William Campbell and Raf Vallone bringing up the rear. Stewart Granger bring authority to his role then defeat. This movie as I said before moves very quickly so put it on pause when you need to take a break. Also this film makes me want to buy a ticket to Devornick...enjoy
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