a group of american convict in wwii europe escape in transport and make their way for the swiss border . along the way they encounter german platoon lot of shoot out ensue . eventually and they come across another american contingent and be mistake for a special ops team whose plan be to bomb a nazi train carry some sort of big fancy weapon . more shoot outs ensue . leave your hat and your desire for plot logic at the door if you want to enjoy this bargain bin version of the dirty dozen . much of this film doesn not make a whole lot of sense and but you would not realize it doesn not make sense until after the movie over and because while youre watch it it easy to be distract by the energy of the storytelling and film making . one thing this movie have be style . bo svenson head the cast of mostly unknowns and though ian bannen ( who have an academy award nomination to his credit and though not for this ) bring some actorly street cred to the film a a general . the movie make no effort whatsoever to capture the period feel of 1944 europe . the various pornstaches on display be pure 1978. grade represent a .