by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Peter Strauss, six years removed from his Rich Man Poor Man stardom, stars in the Italian-Spanish Man of Legend. Strauss plays a WW I-era German soldier, who barely escapes being wrongly executed as a spy. He escapes to the French Foreign Legion, then enjoys a torrid romance with Tina Aumont, daughter of a Moroccan rebel leader. Before he knows what hit him, Strauss has become a hero of the rebellion Man of Legend bears no relation to truth, but it goes down easily on a rainy afternoon.
characteristics
- Foreign Legion
- War
- Revolt
- Rebel
- Revolution
- Romance
- Soldier
- Romantic
- Mistaken-identity
- Love
- Daughter
- Combat
- Death-penalty
- Death-sentence
- Forbidden-love
