Legionnaire poster
Director Peter MacDonald
Screenplay Sheldon Lettich, Rebecca Morrison

Legionnaire

Tagline: A fugitive from a killer. A remote outpost. A fight to the death.

Release Date: 1998-12-03

Duration: 98 minutes

Synopsis

Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.

Casting

  • Jean-Claude Van Damme
    Alain Lefevre
  • Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
    Luther
  • Nicholas Farrell
    Mackintosh
  • Jim Carter
    Lucien Galgani
  • Steven Berkoff
    Sgt. Steinkampf
  • David Hayman
    Recruiting Sergeant
  • Derek Lea
    Gendarme #1
  • Paul Kynman
    Rolf Bruner
  • Daniel Caltagirone
    Guido Rosetti
  • Kamel Krifa
    Abd-El Krim