Leathernecks (film)

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Leathernecks
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Directed by Ignazio Dolce
Written byTito Carpi
Starring Richard Hatch
Cinematography Guglielmo Mancori
Music by Stefano Mainetti
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
CountryItaly
LanguageEnglish

Leathernecks (Italian : Colli di cuoio) is a 1989 Italian Vietnam war film directed by Ignazio Dolce (credited as Paul D. Robinson) and starring Richard Hatch. [1] [2]

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Plot

A special military unit called the Leathernecks travel to a Vietnamese village to teach the inhabitants how to defend themselves against the enemy.

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN   8877424230.
  2. R. B. "Cols de cuir" (review). Saison cinématographique. Paris, 1989.