The Inglorious Bastards

The Inglorious Bastards (Quel maledetto treno blindato, 1978) is an Italian WWII action film directed by Enzo G. Castellari — watch it online on iFILM. France, 1944: a transport carrying American military prisoners gets blown apart by a German air attack, leaving five men loose in occupied territory with Switzerland tantalizingly close.

The quintet — Lieutenant Yager, the muscle Canfield and Tony, thief Nick, and deserter Berle — decide to make a run for the border. That plan collapses when they accidentally wipe out an undercover American unit dressed as Germans. The only way out is to step into the dead men's mission: steal a V2 warhead from a Wehrmacht-held compound. Bo Svenson and Fred Williamson lead the cast.

Castellari keeps things moving fast, leaning into every trapping of the Euro war-action genre with no apologies. The film earned a second life when Quentin Tarantino cited it as a direct inspiration for his 2009 Inglourious Basterds — making this a worthwhile watch for anyone curious about where that story actually started. Stream The Inglorious Bastards (1978) online on iFILM.