Buddy action film, very much in the vein of Howard Hawks, which has two novelties - it's setting during the Turkey-Greek War of 1922, and the starring duo of Tony Curtis and Charles Bronson. These two work well together - sparky Curtis and taciturn Bronson, double crossing each other and chasing women. There's also a dame who both want to get in the sack and who has her own adventure - Michele Mercier, who I'd never seen in anything before but has a big role and holds her own well enough.
There's some decent production values - the budget goes a long way with plenty of extras, and bullets. The story at times felt like Vera Cruz and it might have been better had they borrowed more from that film and had more of a clash between the two guys, with one becoming more good than the other... but no the guys fall in love pretty much. I think action adventure is very hard to do well and they don't particularly do it well - it's done "okay".
Some interesting faces pop up in the support cast - Patrick Macgee as a Turkish general, and Australia's own Tony Bonner, of all people, as a soldier.
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