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For the paramilitary group see Black Brigades
Black Brigades

Black Brigades were one of the Fascist paramilitary groups operating in the Italian Social Republic , during the final years of World War II, and after the signing of the Italian Armistice in 1943....


Black Brigade is the DVD release title of the television movie
Television movie

A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
 Carter's Army, which aired on January 27, 1970. The movie is a war
War

...
 drama
Drama

Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
 that starred a host of prominent African-American film actors, including Richard Pryor, Rosie Grier, Robert Hooks, Billy Dee Williams and Moses Gun.

Plot: A redneck officer (Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd , born William Millar, was an Ireland-born actor from Glengormley, Northern Ireland, who appeared in 60 films, most notably in the role of Messala in the 1959 film Ben-Hur ....
) is put in charge of a squad of all black troops charged with the mission of blowing up an important hydro dam in Nazi Germany.






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For the paramilitary group see Black Brigades
Black Brigades

Black Brigades were one of the Fascist paramilitary groups operating in the Italian Social Republic , during the final years of World War II, and after the signing of the Italian Armistice in 1943....


Black Brigade is the DVD release title of the television movie
Television movie

A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
 Carter's Army, which aired on January 27, 1970. The movie is a war
War

...
 drama
Drama

Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
 that starred a host of prominent African-American film actors, including Richard Pryor, Rosie Grier, Robert Hooks, Billy Dee Williams and Moses Gun.

Plot: A redneck officer (Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd , born William Millar, was an Ireland-born actor from Glengormley, Northern Ireland, who appeared in 60 films, most notably in the role of Messala in the 1959 film Ben-Hur ....
) is put in charge of a squad of all black troops charged with the mission of blowing up an important hydro dam in Nazi Germany. Their failure would delay the Allies advance into Germany, thus prolonging the war. These African-Americans are relegated to cleaning latrines and have little real military training, but Captain Beau Carter has no choice. He leads the rag-tag unit to blow up the dam and they turn out to be heroic.

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