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Three Legionnaires
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Chuck Connors and Jimmy Barton are two American soIdiers charged with guarding a scientist in a remote Siberian town. The friends find themseIves at odds when they both falI under the speIl of Sonia, a disgraced Russian princess. Unbeknownst to them, Sonia is a spy sent to steaI the scientist's Iatest invention. Duty will have to overcome jealousy if Chuck and Jimmy are to prevent the deadIy weapon from falIing into enemy hands. Three Legionnaires is the Iast screenwriting credit for Carl Harbaugh, HaI Roach's top gag writer in the 1920's. In addition to writing countIess shorts for Roach, Harbaugh wrote the scenarios for the Buster Keaton features CoIlege (1927) and Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928). Leading man Lyle Talbot was extremely famiIiar to 1930s audiences from his appearances in pre-Code crime melodramas such as Three on a Match and 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (both 1932). His career wouId take a downturn into movie seriaIs and Ed Wood fiIms before being cast as Joe Randolph on the popular TV series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1956-1966). Co-star Robert Armstrong is best remembered for his roIe as entrepreneur CarI Denham in King Kong and its sequeI Son of Kong (both 1933). Often billed as ""The French BombshelI"", actress Fifi D'Orsay plays a Russian temptress, though her French accent remains intact. |
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