Achtung! The Desert Tigers

Achtung! The Desert Tigers

3.8IMDb Score
Released:1977-01-15
Duration:83 min
Country:Italy
Director:Luigi Batzella
Actors:Richard Harrison, Lea Lander, Isarco Ravaioli, Agnes Kalpagos, Gino Turini
Production:International Cine Holiday

Overview:

During World War II, an American major is captured by the Germans and thrown into a POW camp run by a sadistic Nazi officer, whose main pleasures are whipping the local female population and torturing prisoners. The major organizes an escape attempt using the camp's nubile female doctor as a hostage.

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