March or Die (Original title)
Date: 16 October 1977 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Dick Richards
Synopsis: Period action drama. North Africa at the end of World War I. A Foreign Legion unit is assigned to protect an archaeological expedition digging for a priceless Berber tomb. An Arab chieftain rallies his people in an attempt to destroy the expedition and its guards and to claim the tomb.
Genre: Action and Adventure
Subject: Military
Releases
Date: 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 107 mins Length: 9642 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 2000Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Dialogue (original): English
Title: [Ciné-Revue - n7 12 Feb 1987: no known title]Language: French
In: TV Times v106 n4 23 Jan 1982 Page: 48
Title: [TV Times - v106 n4 23 Jan 1982: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v24 n3 December 1977 Pages: 30-31
Title: [Films and Filming - v24 n3 December 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Photoplay v28 n2 February 1977 Pages: 20-21, 60
Title: [Photoplay - v28 n2 February 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n110 22 Oct 1977 Page: 70
Title: [Screen International - n110 22 Oct 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Photoplay v28 n12 December 1977 Pages: 46-47, 53
Title: [Photoplay - v28 n12 December 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v6 n70 June 1977 Pages: 384-385
Title: [Films Illustrated - v6 n70 June 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmfacts v20 n11 1977 Pages: 248-250
Title: [Filmfacts - v20 n11 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v247 n36 5 Aug 1977 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v247 n36 5 Aug 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Focus on Film n28 October 1977 Pages: 5-6
Title: [Focus on Film - n28 October 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 3 Aug 1977 Page: 22
Title: [Variety - 3 Aug 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v44 n526 November 1977 Page: 235
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v44 n526 November 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n55 25 Sep 1976 Page: 11
Title: [Screen International - n55 25 Sep 1976: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n59 23 Oct 1976 Page: 17
Title: [Screen International - n59 23 Oct 1976: no known title]Language: English
Description: Production report
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-590600
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-102320
Status: Master - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-620275
Status: Master - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-101304
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 16 October 1977 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Dick Richards
Synopsis: Period action drama. North Africa at the end of World War I. A Foreign Legion unit is assigned to protect an archaeological expedition digging for a priceless Berber tomb. An Arab chieftain rallies his people in an attempt to destroy the expedition and its guards and to claim the tomb.
Genre: Action and Adventure
Subject: Military
Releases
Date: 1977Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 107 mins Length: 9642 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 2000Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
(70)
©: March or Die Associates, Presents: Sir Lew Grade, [Presented] For: Associated General Films, Produced by: Dick Richards, Jerry Bruckheimer, Associate Producer for Morocco: Georges-Patrick Salvy-Guide, Spanish Production Manager: Diego Sempere, Miguel Angel Recuero, Production Supervisor: Ted Lloyd, Production Supervisor: Mike Moder, Production Supervisor: Luis Roberts, Mohamed Tazi, Production Accountant: John Wall, Location Auditor: Rusty Warren, Production Secretary: Denise O'Dell, Production Assistant: Christina Anderson, Michael Dempsey, Assistant Director: Jose Lopez Rodero, Assistant Director: Andre Delacroix, Assistant Director: Larry Franco, Mustapha Laghaz, Continuity: Ann Edwards, B.J. Bachman, Casting - London: Maude Spector, Casting - Paris: Katherine Vernoux, Casting - Rome: Guidarino Guidi, Casting - Morocco: Larbi Yacoubi, Screenplay by: David Zelag Goodman, Story by: David Zelag Goodman, Dick Richards, Photographed by: John Alcott, Camera Operator: James Devis, Chris Schwiebert, Chief Electrician: Lou Bogue, Stills: Federico Grau, Special Effects: Robert MacDonald, Film Editor: O. Nicholas Brown, Edited by: John C. Howard, Stanford C. Allen, Assistant Editor: Joel Cox, Assistant Editor: Richard Darling Jr, David Blangsted, Production Designer: Gil Parrondo, Art Director: José Maria Tapiador, Set Decorator: Dennis Parrish, Julian Mateos, Illustrator: Thomas J. Wright, Property Master: Dennis Parrish, Miss [Catherine] Deneuve's Costumes Designed by: Gitt Magrini, Miss [Catherine] Deneuve's Costumes Made by: Tirelli of Rome, Wardrobe Supervisor: Tony Scarano, Make-up: Jose Antonio Sanchez, Hairdresser: Blanca Sanchez, Title Design: Wayne Fitzgerald, Colour by: Technicolor, Music Composed and Conducted by: Maurice Jarre, Music Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra, Military Band of Garde Republicaine, Conducted by: Maurice Jarre, Music Editor: George Brand, Sound Mixer: Ivan Sharrock, Re-recording Mixer: Richard Portman, Supervising Sound Editor: William Stevenson, Sound Editor: Jim Bullock, Bill Phillips, Stunt Co-ordinator: Glenn Wilder, Stunt Co-ordinator: Chuck Hayward, Juan Majan, Filmed With: Arriflex
Cast
(34)
Gene Hackman (Major William Sherman Foster), Terence Hill (Marco Segrain), Max von Sydow (Francois Marneau), Ian Holm (El Krim), Catherine Deneuve (Simone), Rufus (Sergeant Triand), Jack O'Halloran (Ivan), Marcel Bozzuffi (Fontaine), Andre Penvern (Top Hat), Paul Sherman (Fred Hastings), Vernon Dobtcheff (mean corporal), Marne Maitland (Leon), Gigi Bonos (Andre), Wolf Kahler (first German), Mathias Hell (second German), Jean Champion (minister), Walter Gotell (Colonel Lamont), Paul Antrim (Mollard), Catherine Willmer (petite lady), Arnold Diamond (husband), Maurice Arden (Pierre Lahoud), Albert Woods (Henri Delacorte), Liliane Rovere (Lola), Elisabeth Mortensen (French street girl), Leila Shenna (Arab street girl), Francois Valorbe (detective), Villena (gendarme), Ernest Misko (aide in minister's office), Guy Deghy (ship's captain), Jean Rougerie (legionnaire 1 (at station)), Guy Mairesse (legionnaire 2 (at station)), Eve Brenner (singing girl), Guy Marly (singing legionnaire), Margaret Modlin (lady in black)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(14)
In: Ciné-Revue n7 12 Feb 1987 Page: 14Title: [Ciné-Revue - n7 12 Feb 1987: no known title]Language: French
In: TV Times v106 n4 23 Jan 1982 Page: 48
Title: [TV Times - v106 n4 23 Jan 1982: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v24 n3 December 1977 Pages: 30-31
Title: [Films and Filming - v24 n3 December 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Photoplay v28 n2 February 1977 Pages: 20-21, 60
Title: [Photoplay - v28 n2 February 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n110 22 Oct 1977 Page: 70
Title: [Screen International - n110 22 Oct 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Photoplay v28 n12 December 1977 Pages: 46-47, 53
Title: [Photoplay - v28 n12 December 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v6 n70 June 1977 Pages: 384-385
Title: [Films Illustrated - v6 n70 June 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmfacts v20 n11 1977 Pages: 248-250
Title: [Filmfacts - v20 n11 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v247 n36 5 Aug 1977 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v247 n36 5 Aug 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Focus on Film n28 October 1977 Pages: 5-6
Title: [Focus on Film - n28 October 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 3 Aug 1977 Page: 22
Title: [Variety - 3 Aug 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v44 n526 November 1977 Page: 235
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v44 n526 November 1977: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n55 25 Sep 1976 Page: 11
Title: [Screen International - n55 25 Sep 1976: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n59 23 Oct 1976 Page: 17
Title: [Screen International - n59 23 Oct 1976: no known title]Language: English
Description: Production report
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-590600
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-102320
Status: Master - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-620275
Status: Master - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-101304
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status