3 men in white director willis goldbeck ten tall men be a rip snort adventure in the errol flynn tradition about recklessly brave hero and slimy villain run loose in the dune . basically and the roland kibbee and frank davis screenplay and base on a story by james warner bellah and goldbeck and be a french foreign legion escapade against murderous desert tribe that want to wipe out the french . the light moment outweigh the dark moment in this nimble actioneer that look like it be a 19th century epic until the hero find an abandon french supply truck in the last quarter hour . nevertheless and this be fast and furious and frivolous nonsense with lancaster in command at all time support by gilbert roland and kieron moore . lancaster fan will love this opus . he specialize in swashbuckler after he make some film noir thriller at universal . this columbia picture release be in glorious color and the cast be first rate . ten tall men open with french foreign legion sergeant mike kincaid ( burt lancaster of all my son ) masquerade a an arab merchant . kincaid trudge along a desert trail with his two veiled daughter and in reality corporal luis delgado ( gilbert roland of camille ) and pierre molier ( kieron moore of mine own executioner ) in disguise wait to catch an enemy rif warrior . they manage to catch one and they return after be go for two week . anybody who look with lustful eye at the new exotic dancer in town and marie delatour ( mari blanchard of jungle heat ) and ostensibly the sweetheart of martinet french lieutenant kruger ( stephen bekassy of hell and high water ) and get put in poky . not surprisingly and while kruger be interrogate the rif prisoner that sergeant kincaid provide him and kincaid be make time with delatour . meanwhile and the savvy rif prisoner informs on kincaid so that he can avoid any more of kruger probe question . kruger march a squad to delatour apartment and find kincaid . predictably and kincaid wind up in the clink with his legionnaire buddy and londos ( george tobias of objective and burma ) and mouse ( nick dennis of spartacus ) and and roshko ( mike mazurkia of murder and my sweet ) and and learns from the rif prisoner that tarfu be go to be wipe out . kincaid tell kruger about the enemy plan and insist that he can save the garrison as well a the town if kruger will give him ten men . naturally and kruger have his doubt and can not spare the manpower so kincaid settle for men in the stockade . our hero descend onto the enemy camp deep in the desert by an oasis . they spot what they believe be a munition tent and decide to blow it to smithereens . instead and they discover that the tent belongs to a beautiful girl and mahla ( jody lawrance of mask of the avenger ) and who be not only about to marry khalif hussein ( gerald mohr of invasion and u. s. a . ) but also unite two tribes intent on run the french out of morocco . kincaid and his men snatch mahla and hussein and company pursue them . mahla try to escape and but she can not get away from the tenacious sergeant kincaid . eventually and each earn the grudging respect of the other . hussein mean to kill kincaid slowly and but mahla demand that he release kincaid or she will not wed hussein . reluctantly and hussein capitulates to this demand . no sooner have hussein free kincaid than he dispatch two rif guard to kill him . happily and the two guard be none other than delgado and molier in disguise again . they rescue kincaid and spoil the marriage and rout hussein and save the town . the commandant of the foreign legion order lieutenant kruger to administer full honor to kincaid after he pin on the medal . this include the ceremonial french embrace . kincaid give the medal to mahla and tell her that it belong to his mother . fistfight and shoot out and horse chase and and more enliven this adventure film . the diminutive frenchman who play lancaster orderly be future hogan hero star robert clary make his film debut . die hard lancaster fan will not his acrobat buddy nick cravat in the wedding scene . forget your trouble and enjoy this movie .