''Last Blood'', also known as ''Tornado: The Last Blood'' is an Italian "
macaroni combat
Euro War, also known as Macaroni Combat, Macaroni War, Spaghetti Combat, or Spaghetti War, is a broad subgenre of war film that emerged in the mid-1960s. The films were named ''Euro War'' because most were produced and directed by European co-pr ...
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war film directed by
Antonio Margheriti and starring
Giancarlo Prete
Giancarlo Prete (5 February 1943 – 9 March 2001) was an Italian actor.
After he worked in the cinema as stuntman, Prete went to Alessandro Fersen
Alessandro Fersen (5 December 1911 – 3 October 2001) was a Polish-born Italian dramatist, a ...
.
Plot
An army sergeant attacks his corrupt captain and is court-martialed but before being executed he escapes and, in the enemy-infested jungles of Vietnam, begins a private war against
his fellow soldiers and Vietnamese army soldiers. After escaping border, he was shot dead
Cast
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Giancarlo Prete
Giancarlo Prete (5 February 1943 – 9 March 2001) was an Italian actor.
After he worked in the cinema as stuntman, Prete went to Alessandro Fersen
Alessandro Fersen (5 December 1911 – 3 October 2001) was a Polish-born Italian dramatist, a ...
as Sgt. Sal Maggio (as Timothy Brent)
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Antonio Marsina
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...
as Captain Harlow
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Luciano Pigozzi as Freeman (as Alan Collins)
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Sherman 'Big Train' Bergman as Green Beret (uncredited)
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David Brass as Tom, Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
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Michael James as US Corporal (uncredited)
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Romano Kristoff as Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
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David Light as US Soldier (uncredited)
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Edoardo Margheriti as US Soldier (uncredited)
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Mike Monty
Mike Monty (October 23, 1936 – August 4, 2006) was an American character actor, born in 1936 in Chattanooga, Tennessee as Michael O'Donoghue but he changed his name to Mike Monty late in life.
Career
He left the United States for Italy i ...
as Captain Bolen (uncredited)
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Ronnie Patterson
Ronnie may refer to:
*Ronnie (name), a unisex pet name and given name
* "Ronnie" (Four Seasons song), a song by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe
*"Ronnie," a song from the Metallica album ''Load''
*Ronnie Brunswijkstadion, an association football stadium ...
as MP Sgt. Pike (uncredited)
Home media
The film was released on a US
VHS as ''Tornado'' in the 1980s by
Lightning Video and on German DVD and Blu-Ray as ''Im Wendekreis des Söldners'' in the 2010s by
Ascot Elite Home Entertainment.
See also
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List of Italian films of 1983
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Euro War
Euro War, also known as Macaroni Combat, Macaroni War, Spaghetti Combat, or Spaghetti War, is a broad subgenre of war film that emerged in the mid-1960s. The films were named ''Euro War'' because most were produced and directed by European co-pr ...
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War film
References
External links
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1980s war films
Films directed by Antonio Margheriti
Films shot in the Philippines
1980s Italian-language films
Cold War films
Macaroni Combat films
Vietnam War films
1980s English-language films
1980s Italian films
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