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Director:
André De Toth
Writers:
Melvyn Bragg (screenplay)
Lotte Colin (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1968 (UK) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | War more
Tagline:
Forget the medals, throw away the rule book, if you want to survive.... Play Dirty
Plot:
The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned... more | add synopsis
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The Amazing Race: The Teams Play Dirty in Estonia
 (From People.com - TV Watch. 16 November 2009, 6:00 AM, PST)
“Nazis. I hate these guys.”: 15 WWII Movies Worth Watching Before You See Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds.
 (From FilmJunk. 26 May 2009, 4:10 PM, PDT)
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Neglected classic of war more (21 total)

Cast

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Michael Caine ... Capt. Douglas
Nigel Davenport ... Capt. Cyril Leech
Nigel Green ... Col. Masters
Harry Andrews ... Brig. Blore
Patrick Jordan ... Maj. Alan Watkins
Daniel Pilon ... Capt. Allwood (Blore's adjutant at Special Forces HQ)
Martin Burland ... Dead Officer
George McKeenan ... Corporal at Quayside
Bridget Espeet ... Ann
Bernard Archard ... Col. Homerton
Aly Ben Ayed ... Sadok
Enrique Ávila ... Kalarides (as Enrique Avila)
Mohsen Ben Abdallah ... Hassan
Mohamed Kouka ... Assine
Takis Emmanuel ... Kostos Manov (as Takis Emmanouel)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
118 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | Arabic | German
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:15 | UK:AA (original rating) | Singapore:PG | West Germany:16 (f) | USA:PG (certificate #21963) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK more
Company:
Lowndes Productions Limited more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
André De Toth replaced René Clément. more
Quotes:
Capt. Douglas: ...How did the other English officers die?
Capt. Cyril Leech: Unexpectedly.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Harry Saltzman: Showman (2000) (V) more
Soundtrack:
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11 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Neglected classic of war, 16 January 1999
Author: Huron from U.S.

Play Dirty is another of the great anti-war films although most of the way appears another typical, but well-done, suspenseful war movies. The acting is terrific and the finale is completely unexpected. The sort of movie that will never be big box office but a film that those who saw it will remember probably for the rest of their lives. It is truly a neglected classic of anti-war filmmaking.

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