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The Dirty Dozen

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7.6/10 • 1.2K

1967-06-152h 29m

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Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the Nazis!

12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.

Directors
Robert Aldrich
Editors
Michael Luciano

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  1. Lee Marvin

    Lee Marvin

    Maj. John Reisman

  2. Ernest Borgnine

    Ernest Borgnine

    Maj. Gen. Worden

  3. Charles Bronson

    Charles Bronson

    Joseph Wladislaw

  4. Jim Brown

    Jim Brown

    Robert Jefferson

  5. John Cassavetes

    John Cassavetes

    Victor Franko

  6. Richard Jaeckel

    Richard Jaeckel

    Sergeant Bowren

  7. George Kennedy

    George Kennedy

    Major Max Armbruster

  8. Trini López

    Trini López

    Pedro Jiminez

  9. Ralph Meeker

    Ralph Meeker

    Captain Stuart Kinder

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talisencrw

Aug 14, 2016

9/10

I loved this. Right up there with my favourite Aldrich films (though maybe 'Kiss Me Deadly' is still my number one), and of the greatest performances of both Lee Marvin and John Cassavetes (who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at both the Golden Globes and Oscars for his work here). This hearkened back to the heady times when if you got a great cast and director together, you were virtually guaranteed you'd come out of it, because of comparatively little studio interference, with a bonafide classic piece of cinema. People thought the studio system was broken and needed fixing, by films such as 'Easy Rider'? THIS, along with other fine Aldrich works from this period, age a lot better and hold up much finer today than Dennis Hopper's so-called 'masterpiece' and its ilk.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$5,400,000.00
Revenue
$45,300,000.00
Keywords
missionbased on novel or booknazisecret missionworld war iicastlehand grenadetrainingus armyfistfightshootoutsuicide missionsoldierexplosioncommandobehind enemy linesmilitary police