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The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen

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The Dirty Dozen

NR·1967·149m

Summary

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.

Cast

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin

Maj. John Reisman

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Maj. Gen. Worden

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

Joseph Wladislaw

Jim Brown

Jim Brown

Robert Jefferson

John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

Victor Franko

Richard Jaeckel

Richard Jaeckel

Sergeant Bowren

George Kennedy

George Kennedy

Major Max Armbruster

Trini López

Trini López

Pedro Jiminez

Ralph Meeker

Ralph Meeker

Captain Stuart Kinder

Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan

Col. Everett Dasher Breed

Telly Savalas

Telly Savalas

Archer Maggott

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland

Vernon Pinkley

Clint Walker

Clint Walker

Samson Posey

Robert Webber

Robert Webber

General Denton

Tom Busby

Tom Busby

Milo Vladek

Ben Carruthers

Ben Carruthers

Glenn Gilpin

Stuart Cooper

Stuart Cooper

Roscoe Lever

Robert Phillips

Robert Phillips

Cpl. Morgan - MP Guard

Colin Maitland

Colin Maitland

Seth Sawyer

Al Mancini

Al Mancini

Tassos Bravos

George Roubicek

Pvt. Arthur James Gardner

Thick Wilson

Gen. Worden's Aide

Dora Reisser

Dora Reisser

German Officer's Girl

Michael Anthony

German Officer in Staff Car (uncredited)

Leo Britt

German General in Staff Car (uncredited)

Alan Chuntz

Alan Chuntz

French Servant (uncredited)

Gary Files

Gary Files

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Judith Furse

Judith Furse

Drunken General's Wife (uncredited)

Hal Galili

MP Master Sergeant / Hangman (uncredited)

Romo Gorrara

Romo Gorrara

Airborne Soldier (uncredited)

Willoughby Gray

Willoughby Gray

German Officer (uncredited)

Gerard Heinz

Gerard Heinz

Card-Playing German Officer (uncredited)

John G. Heller

John G. Heller

2nd German Sentry at Chateau (uncredited)

George Hilsdon

Medical Officer at Hanging (uncredited)

John Hollis

John Hollis

German Porter at Chateau (uncredited)

Alf Joint

Alf Joint

German Sentry Wanting Light (uncredited)

Juba Kennerley

German Officer (uncredited)

Hildegard Knef

Hildegard Knef

(uncredited)

Ann Lancaster

Ann Lancaster

Prostitute (uncredited)

Richard Marner

Richard Marner

German Sentry at Chateau (uncredited)

Dick Miller

Dick Miller

MP at Hanging (uncredited)

Lionel Murton

Lionel Murton

MP Lt. Col. in charge at hanging (uncredited)

Suzanne Owens-Duval

Suzanne Owens-Duval

Prostitute (uncredited)

Mike Reid

Mike Reid

Sergeant at War Games HQ (uncredited)

Terry Richards

Staff Sergeant MacIntosh Blake (uncredited)

Frederick Schiller

Frederick Schiller

Drunken German General (uncredited)

Richard Shaw

German Officer Who Seals the Bunker (uncredited)

Warren Stanhope

Warren Stanhope

German Officer (uncredited)

Hedger Wallace

Hedger Wallace

German Officer (uncredited)

Theodore Wilhelm

German Officer (uncredited)

Rocky Taylor

Rocky Taylor

Airborne Soldier (uncredited)

Burnell Tucker

Burnell Tucker

Army Doctor (uncredited)

Vicki Woolf

Vicki Woolf

Prostitute (uncredited)

Michael Segal

Michael Segal

Airborne Band Conductor (uncredited)

Gerry Crampton

Staff Sergeant Alistair Clayton (uncredited)

Jack Carter

Military Policman (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Robert Aldrich

Novel

E.M. Nathanson

Screenplay

Nunnally Johnson

Screenplay

Lukas Heller

Reviews

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August 14, 2016

9

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.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$5,400,000.00

Revenue:

$45,300,000.00

Keywords

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