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Release Date:
15 June 1967 (USA)
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Tagline:
Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the Nazis!
Plot:
A US Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers in World War II. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 5 wins
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6 nominations
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(17 articles)
Walter Hill: The Hollywood Interview
(From The Hollywood Interview. 9 September 2009, 12:07 AM, PDT)
The Pleasures of Putting a Team Together
(From IFC. 18 August 2009, 12:28 PM, PDT)
(From The Hollywood Interview. 9 September 2009, 12:07 AM, PDT)
The Pleasures of Putting a Team Together
(From IFC. 18 August 2009, 12:28 PM, PDT)
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The Greatest War Adventure of all time
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lee Marvin | ... | Major Reisman |
 | Ernest Borgnine | ... | General Worden |
 | Charles Bronson | ... | Joseph Wladislaw |
 | Jim Brown | ... | Robert Jefferson |
 | John Cassavetes | ... | Victor Franko |
| Richard Jaeckel | ... | Sergeant Bowren |
| George Kennedy | ... | Major Max Armbruster |
| Trini López | ... | Pedro Jiminez (as Trini Lopez) |
| Ralph Meeker | ... | Captain Stuart Kinder |
 | Robert Ryan | ... | Col. Everett Dasher Breed |
 | Telly Savalas | ... | Archer Maggott |
 | Donald Sutherland | ... | Vernon Pinkley |
| Clint Walker | ... | Samson Posey |
| Robert Webber | ... | General Denton |
| Tom Busby | ... | Milo Vladek |
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Runtime:
150 min
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
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Stereo |
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #20802) |
Iceland:16 |
UK:12 (2006) |
West Germany:16 (f) |
Netherlands:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M (DVD rating) |
Australia:PG (cable rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (1968) |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1986) |
UK:X (original rating)
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"The Dirty Dozen" author E.M. Nathanson may have gotten the idea for the title (if not the plot) of his best-selling novel from a real-life group of World War II 101st Airborne Division paratroopers nicknamed "The Filthy Thirteen." These men, demolitionists in Headquarters Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st, supposedly earned their nickname by not bathing or shaving for a long period of time during training prior to the Normandy invasion. Members of The Filthy Thirteen can be seen in famous vintage film footage and still photos, their faces painted with Indian "war paint," before boarding their planes for the D-Day jump.
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Factual errors: Although Major Reisman correctly wears an officer's overseas cap with the mixed black-and-gold braided trim on it in scenes in which he wears a dress uniform, he (incorrectly) wears an enlisted man's plain overseas cap in scenes in which he wears a fatigue, or field, uniform.
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Major John Reisman:
You've seen a general inspecting troops before haven't you? Just walk slow, act dumb and look stupid!
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Referenced in The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' (2002) (V)
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Building The Barracks
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This is one of the most entertaining action packed war films ever made with a tremendous cast playing unique characters. I first saw this film when I was about 8 year old and thought it was the best thing I'd seen on TV.
Lee Marvin heads the cast as an unorthadox, short on discipline rebellious Major during World War II whose given a suicidal mission by a bunch of Generals headed by the excellent Ernest Borgnine. He must take 12 convicts train them and take them on a mission behind enemy lines to destroy a large chateau and kill a large number of important German officers who'll be partying there that night.
The films explosive climax is fantastic as you know inevitably that not everyone will survive the mission and by now you've sort of chosen who your favourite characters are. The build up and the training scenes are also brilliant as you discover the backgrounds behind these violent criminals.
It's Marvin's show but John Cassavettes is superb as Victor Franco, in fact with a supporting cast featuring Robert Ryan, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, George Kennedy and Clint Walker you know you're in for a great ride, nobody is wasted.
There's a lot of humour mixed with quite serious issues...you sometimes forget that this band of jokers are killers with only one chance to survive a mission they are hardly trained for.
This classic is on par with The Great Escape and Where Eagles Dare, Three inferior TV movies were made in the mid eighties which basically take the same idea from the original but they are obviously no match.
It's available on video and DVD and every home should have a copy. Flawless.