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Kelly's Heroes (1970)

144 min  -  Action | Adventure | Comedy  -   23 June 1970 (USA)
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A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.

Director:

Brian G. Hutton
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clint Eastwood ...
Telly Savalas ...
Don Rickles ...
Carroll O'Connor ...
Donald Sutherland ...
Gavin MacLeod ...
Hal Buckley Hal Buckley ...
Stuart Margolin Stuart Margolin ...
Jeff Morris Jeff Morris ...
Richard Davalos Richard Davalos ...
Perry Lopez Perry Lopez ...
Tom Troupe Tom Troupe ...
Harry Dean Stanton ...
Pvt. Willard (as Dean Stanton)
Dick Balduzzi Dick Balduzzi ...
Gene Collins Gene Collins ...
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Storyline

During World War II a German Colonel is captured by the Americans but before he can be interrogated an artillery barrage hits the camp. However, Ex-Lieutenant Kelly manages to reach the Colonel, get him drunk and learn that he is on a secret mission to ship $16,000,000 of gold to a base in France. Kelly is determined to get the gold and plans for himself and a few of his fellow soldiers to slip into enemy territory and steal the bullion. Written by Dave Jenkins <david.jenkins@smallworld.co.uk>  

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Plot Keywords:

Gold | Colonel | Gold Bar | Hippie | Lieutenant  | See more »

Taglines:

Never have so few taken so many for so much. See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | War

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

Yugoslavia | USA

Language:

English | French | German

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Ratnici See more »

Filming Locations:

Near Novi Sad, Yugoslavia See more »

Box Office

Gross:

SEK 13,570,000 (Sweden)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Stereo (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1
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Trivia

Director Brian G. Hutton was forced to make a number of cuts to suit the then MGM boss James T. Aubrey. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: when Kelly is interrogating the German Colonel at the beginning of the movie, he gets a bottle of brandy from Little Joe, it is square with a short neck. He walks around the Jeep and places the bottle down on a table and it has become round with a longer neck. See more »

Quotes

Kelly: Well Oddball, what do you think?
Oddball: It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers.
Big Joe: Hey look, you just keep them Tigers busy and we'll take care of the rest.
Oddball: The only way I got to keep them Tigers busy is to LET THEM SHOOT HOLES IN ME!
Crapgame: Hey, Oddball, this is your hour of glory. And you're chickening out!
Oddball: To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Tigers.
Kelly: Nobody's asking you to be a hero.
Oddball: No? Then YOU sit up in that turret baby.
Kelly: No, because you're gonna be up there, baby, and I'll be right outside showing you which way to go.
Oddball: Yeah?
[...]
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Connections

Referenced in Battlefield: Bad Company (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"La Marseillaise"
(uncredited)
Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Heard in the village when the villagers celebrate their liberation See more »