not a particularly good wwii yarn and but worthwhile for anthony quinn command performance a a bitter sheepherder who be ask by the french resistance to smuggle scientist james mason and family across the pyrenees . nazi maclolm mcdowell be on their trail . it violent but hardly exciting with one scene of brutality after another ( mason daughter be rap by mcdowell and an uncooperative gypsy be set afire ) . as good a quinn be and mason be give little to do . patricia neal have almost no dialog a his infirm wife and kay lenz be oddly cast a his resourceful daughter . mcdowell be outrageous and act a if he just step out of cabaret kit kat club ( a one of the dancer . ) he perk up the film and but only to propel it to campy height . michael lonsdale and christopher lee appear in small role . direct and very blandly and by j. lee thompson and who seem to have lose any ability to mount suspense . this from the director of the gun of navarone and the original cape fear .