在这部盟军敢死队战争/剧情片中,1942年盟军登陆北非前夕，美军特种部队意大利裔特种兵小分队乔装意军空降突尼斯，夺取由意军驻守的沙漠水源的冒险故事。没有实战经验、忍辱负重的大尉，心理创伤严重、以下犯上的中士，性感诱人、生存能力惊人的意大利妓女，因不堪忍受战友死亡而杀死上司、却与最后一个敌人言和的士兵……
Sgt. Sullivan puts together a group of Italian-Americans into disguise as Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate a North African camp held by the Italians. After the soldiers have knifed the Italians in their beds, they find a hooker living at the camp. Sullivan's commandos are to hold this camp and its weaponry until an American battalion arrives, all the while these Italian-Americans pretend to be Italian soldiers, often hosting the enemy. Lt. Valli is a young, "green," by-the-book officer who constantly argues with Sgt. Sullivan, who tells his superior that he has no idea what he is doing. One man on the base, probably a touch from Argento, is an entomologist who is needlessly killed. Things go terribly wrong after that.
