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The Dirty Dozen (1967)
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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. Director:Robert Aldrich |
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Cast
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| Lee Marvin | ... | ||
| Ernest Borgnine | ... | ||
| Charles Bronson | ... | ||
| Jim Brown | ... | ||
| John Cassavetes | ... | ||
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Richard Jaeckel | ... | |
| George Kennedy | ... | ||
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Trini López | ... |
Pedro Jiminez
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Ralph Meeker | ... | |
| Robert Ryan | ... | ||
| Telly Savalas | ... | ||
| Donald Sutherland | ... | ||
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Clint Walker | ... | |
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Robert Webber | ... | |
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Tom Busby | ... | |
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Storyline
A Major with an attitude problem and a history of getting things done is told to interview military prisoners with death sentences or long terms for a dangerous mission; To parachute behind enemy lines and cause havoc for the German Generals at a rest house on the eve of D-Day. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the Nazis!Parents Guide:
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Dirty Dozen See more »Box Office
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$45,300,000 (USA)Company Credits
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1.75 : 1
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Joseph T. Wladislaw: My old man came from Silesia. He didn't speak German, he didn't dig coal. If he didn't dig coal, he didn't eat.
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Although Robert Aldrich had tried to purchase the rights to E.M. Nathanson's novel "The Dirty Dozen" while it was still in outline form, it was MGM that successfully acquired the property in May 1963. The book became a best-seller upon its publication in 1965. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: Although US military personnel were executed on British soil during WW2, the hanging sequence in The Dirty Dozen shows US Military Policemen carrying out the execution. In reality, they were not legally allowed to do this. Instead, the hangings were carried out by British hangmen such as Albert Pierrepoint, with American personnel acting only as official witnesses. See more »Quotes
Major John Reisman: How come you speak German?Joseph T. Wladislaw: My old man came from Silesia. He didn't speak German, he didn't dig coal. If he didn't dig coal, he didn't eat.
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Crazy Credits
The opening credits don't occur until 10 minutes into the film. While it is common nowadays for films to have a pre-credits sequence, it was considered innovative in 1967. See more »
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