The Dirty Dozen

1967 149 min ★ 7.6 Action, Adventure, War

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.

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Cast

Lee Marvin

Maj. John Reisman

Ernest Borgnine

Maj. Gen. 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

Ralph Meeker

Captain Stuart Kinder

Robert Ryan

Col. Everett Dasher Breed

Details

Director

Robert Aldrich

Screenplay

Nunnally Johnson

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$5,400,000

Revenue

$45,300,000

Production

Seven Arts Pictures, MKH, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Reviews

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talisencrw

August 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 virtua...

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John Chard

January 2, 2019

★ 10/10

One of the most quintessential macho movies of all time. The Dirty Dozen is directed by Robert Aldrich and adapted for the screen by Nunnally Johnson & Lukas Heller from the novel by E. M. Nathanson. It stars Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Donald Sutherland, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Ryan and Jim Brown. 1944, just prior to D-Day. Major Reisma...

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CinemaSerf

July 15, 2024

★ 7/10

Lee Marvin is charged with a mission to drum a dozen criminals and reprobates into some sort of cohesive military unit with a view to destroying an heavily guarded chateau that serves as a respite for high ranking Nazi officers. The challenge looks impossible as the band are assembled - a bigger crowd of cowards, thugs and zealots you would never hope to see; but with the assistance of his stoic s...