Shock Troops (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Shock Troops

| image = Shock Troops (film).jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Costa-Gavras

| producer = Costa-Gavras

| writer = Jean-Pierre Chabrol
Costa-Gavras

| starring = Charles Vanel

| music = Michel Magne

| cinematography = Jean Tournier

| editing = Christian Gaudin

| distributor = Les Artistes Associés

| released = {{Film date|1967|4|5|df=yes}}

| runtime = 110 minutes

| country = France
Italy

| language = French

}}

Shock Troops ({{langx|fr|Un homme de trop}}) is a 1967 French-Italian action drama film directed by Costa-Gavras. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |access-date=15 December 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archive-date=16 January 2013 }} Film producer Harry Saltzman has a "presented by" credit.{{cite book|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Volume 1, Part 1|author=American Film Institute|author-link=American Film Institute|publisher=University of California Press|year=1997|page=981|isbn=9780520209701}}

Plot

Set in central France, the film follows a group of French resistance fighters who mount attacks on occupying German forces during World War II. They break into a prison and release some prisoners facing imminent execution, but suspect there may be an informer amongst them. As their campaign continues, they have to decide his fate.