Shock Troops
“It starts with a surprise … and ends with a shock!”
1967 · 1 h 50 min
Directed by 
Costa-Gavras
Costa-GavrasCast
Cast not recorded here
Plot
In WWII, a group of French Resistance members and Communists, including prisoners, is sent on a deadly mission.
Sinekatalog’s take
Costa-Gavras's French war film, Un homme de trop, with Charles Vanel, Jean-Claude Brialy and Michel Piccoli, is a tense, bleak film about resistance and betrayal.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (1,018 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.