While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic [3] Following the suicide of his best friend, Captain Harry Morris (David Warbeck) accepts a final deadly mission to go behind enemy lines to destroy a radio tower that is broadcasting anti-war propaganda spoken by an American woman to American troops.

Unlike director Michael Cimino, Antonio Margheriti did not want to make a political film that was for or against the Vietnam War.

The film was extremely hard shoot due to heat, wildlife, and accidents on the set.

Cinematographer Riccardo Pallottini later died in a helicopter crash during the production of a later Margheriti Vietnam War film, Tiger Joe.

"[1] The review also commented on the action scenes, which were found to be "directed with [...] crude uncomplicated vitality".