Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Leofwine_draca THEN THERE WERE THREE is a straightforward, low budget American/Italian WW2 flick that has a small-scale, mystery plot of sorts. A small squad of US soldiers are traipsing through the countryside and fighting the Nazis and Italians, but after a time it transpires that one of their number might well be a German agent with murder in mind. Given the low budget this is a talky character piece throughout, but the black and white photography is nice and it has its moments towards the end.

mark.waltz Even when they knew that they were losing the war, the Nazi's would not stop until they killed as many allies as they could. Even those once on their side and in danger of exposing their plans could become a target. Thus war drama, set on Italian after the death of Mussolini, has them determined to either capture or kill am Italian general in the hands of American soldiers, and their efforts to infiltrate the troop with a spy who appears to be American. The eyes of the Nazi's follow this troop as they choose from village to village, knowing that sudden attack after hours or even days of silence could throw the Yanks into total panic.Headlined by obscure names like Barry Cahill, Frank Latimore and Alex Nicol, this is interesting but often straggling as the story strives to develop some human interest beyond the quiet marching and infrequent attacks. Stops in Italian villages introduces the audience to those trying to get beyond their status in the war, the most memorable a very earthy Italian girl a la Loren, Magnani or Lollibrigida.Switching to the directives of the German officer leading the assassination plot shows them as crafty, calm but desperate. This humanizes the soldiers who are as tired of war as the Americans yet desperate to end it with dignity. It makes you feel sorry for them even though the German agenda was as evil as any war could get. The film seems to be made I'm a new wave technique which stylizes it to make the film seem more realistic and gritty.

drystyx It's not often you get a "war mystery" film, and of course when you do, you are usually dealing with spies.In this case, the mystery is about a German spy dressed up as an American soldier during World War II. He has forged papers, and his goal is to make it to a town where a resistance member is kept. This resistance member is a liaison between all the groups, and obviously knows connections to each. He would be a great prize.We see the command given to the spy, but not his face, and we are then taken to a site where American soldiers have been whittled away from their individual units, and eight join up, including the by the book lieutenant and the veteran sergeant.This is a top mystery and a top war film. It combines both elements, and it's difficult to say why without spoilers. Suffice to say that the characters are very believable, the action very credible, and the spy is exactly the type of person who would be seen as most successful.The title lets you know that when they are whittled down to four, they will find the spy (or he will succeed and exit). I don't think it's a spoiler to say that the ones who die before this are given high drama to their deaths, although the first is a wounded man who never lasts long enough for the high drama. With each casualty, our director succeeds in making you feel more and more empathy for them. The last American who dies is given the most tragedy, as we see him to be the possible hero.This is a lost gem, and easily the best of the war mysteries. Tons better than the blockbuster big budget bits of propaganda that are more famous.

jt_3d A war time whodunit. Germans want to kill off a partisan prisoner who is about to be released by the Americans after they take the town he's being held in. Naturally the Germans concoct a complicated plan to get one of their guys, dressed as a GI, into the town where he's supposed to knock off the partisan once he's released from prison. Of course the Americans announce when that will be, though I can't imagine why. I'd think they'd just turn him lose but oh well.This one had me guessing right up until the end, though it was due partly a couple of cheap tricks used to point the finger at the wrong guy. I confess to not guessing who was the spy before it was revealed. That makes it a good whodunit in my book.As a war movie, it was not very good. The combat scenes were weak. There wasn't much excitement or grit at all. But it wasn't really a war movie. It was a mystery and in that respect I thought it was pretty good. And they didn't tell you who the bad guy was right at the start like so many so-called mystery movies do these days. I found it pretty entertaining.6/10 I guess there weren't really any spoilers in this review.