Rogues' Regiment
He joins forces with a French Intelligence agent investigating supplies of weapons to the Việt Minh from the Eastern Bloc.Max Ophüls was hoping to direct the film but was passed over in favour of Robert Florey.[3] The film was first announced in November 1947 with writer-producer Robert Buckner saying he was inspired by stories of former Nazis enlisting in the French Foreign Legion.[9] The New York Times wrote that "if this man-hunt for a vicious, top-flight Nazi in the environs of Saigon bears more than a passing resemblance to a dozen other film chases of recent vintage, mark it down as topical, at least."[10] In 1951 Dick Powell reprised his role in a radio adaptation of the film on Screen Directors Playhouse.