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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1966 DVD Release: 06/25/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 1 Genres: War, War Adventure

In this wartime melodrama, Lieutenant Colonel Raspeguy (Anthony Quinn) is a French peasant who has worked his way up the military ladder during the French involvement in Indochina. Sent to Algeria, Raspeguy must mold a group of raw recruits into a competent fighting unit. He calls on Esclavier (Alain Delon), his sensitive assistant who eventually deserts the military out of frustration over the pointlessness of war. Raspeguy's other assistant is Boisfeuras (Maurice Ronet), the affable officer whose outside demeanor hides the heart of a vicious killer who loves the bloodlust of battle. Raspeguy takes up with Countess De Clairefons (Michele Morgan), the widow of a respected general. She promises Raspeguy she will marry him if he comes back from the conflict as a general. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Anthony Quinn - Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy
Alain Delon - Capt. Philippe Esclavier
George Segal - Lt. Ben Mahidi
Michèle Morgan - Countess de Clairefons
Maurice Ronet - Capt. Beisfeuras
Claudia Cardinale - Aicha
Gregoire Aslan - Ben Saad

Mark Robson directs Anthony Quinn in the war drama Lost Command, which comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. English, French, Spanish, Korean, and Portuguese subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include theatrical trailers. Columbia/TriStar deserves credit for doing such a fine job with the picture quality on this older title. This disc should be of interest to genre enthusiasts. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide