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1968 (UK) moreTagline:
Forget the medals, throw away the rule book, if you want to survive.... Play DirtyPlot:
The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
“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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A virtually unknown British masterpiece from the 60's. more (21 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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118 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound 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)Fun Stuff
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Capt. Douglas: ...How did the other English officers die?Capt. Cyril Leech: Unexpectedly.
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A virtually unknown British masterpiece from the 60's.
Its cynical and bleak portrayal of men in war is only matched by its lack of notoriety which is a shame considering how powerful the films message is. Admittedly Caine is a little wooden as the straight laced British Officer, but it is the much less known Nigel Davenport who steals the show as the hard bitten second in command. The films cynicism is the sum of it's ending which is suitably negative but still unsuspected. With all the flag waving war films out there its good to see the odd one which suggests the end never justifies the means.