The Deserter (1970 film)
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The Deserter (Italian: La Spina Dorsale Del Diavolo), also known as The S.O.B.s and The Devil's Backbone is a 1970 Italian-Yugoslav American international co-production Western film produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It was directed by Burt Kennedy and written by Clair Huffaker.
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Directed by | Burt Kennedy |
Written by | Clair Huffaker Stuart J. Byrne (story) William H. James (story) |
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Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
Edited by | Frank Santillo |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
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Distributed by | Paramount |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
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Language | English |
Scripted during the Vietnam War in the style of The Dirty Dozen (1967) with a party of professional or misfit soldiers going into an enemy sanctuary, it was designed as a vehicle for Yugoslavian theater and film matinee idol Bekim Fehmiu. The film featured an ensemble cast of well-known American actors.[1] Noted as the boy in Shane (1953), actor Brandon deWilde appears in his last Western film before his death in 1972.[2][3]