No Man's Land (1962 film)

No Man's Land (it. Un branco di vigliacchi/Fr. Bande de lâches; lit. A Bunch of Cowards) is a black-and-white 1962 Italian-French war film directed by Fabrizio Taglioni, and starring Roger Moore and Pascale Petit.

The film was written by Taglioni and produced by Enrico Bomba.

Release
The film was released in Italy in 1962 and in 1963 in France.

Production
In his autobiography, Moore explains about his role in Romulus and the Sabines (1961 film): "Eventually I did get paid but only, I suspect, because Bomba wanted to offer me a second picture, No Man's Land."

Reception
The film received the award for the Best foreign film at the Moscow Film Festiva l in 1963.

An Italian contemporary review recalls that the story is loosely based on Maupassant's "Boule de Suif'.