The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (TV 1985)

Major Reisman is "Volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who ... See full summary »

Director:

Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers:

Lukas Heller (characters), Nunnally Johnson (characters),

Stars:

Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Ken Wahl

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lee Marvin	...	Maj. John Reisman
Ernest Borgnine	...	Gen. Worden
Ken Wahl	...	Louis Valentine
Larry Wilcox	...	Tommy Wells
Sonny Landham	...	Sam Sixkiller
Richard Jaeckel	...	MP Sgt. Clyde Bowren
Wolf Kahler	...	Gen. Sepp Dietrich
Gavan O'Herlihy	...	Conrad E. Perkins
Ricco Ross	...	Arlen Dregors
Stephen Hattersley	...	Otto Deutsch
Rolf Saxon	...	Robert E. Wright
Jay Benedict	...	Didier Le Clair
Michael John Paliotti	...	Baxley
Paul Herzberg	...	Reynolds
Jeff Harding	...	Sanders

Storyline

Major Reisman is "Volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.

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Plot Keywords:

mission | army | general | nazi | soldier | 

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Taglines:

They're back... and deadlier than ever!

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Genres:

Action | War

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French German

Release Date:

4 February 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dirty Dozen 2

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

MGM/UA Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

As they're departing for training camp, Maj. Reisman (Lee Marvin) asks MP Sgt. Bowren (Richard Jaeckel) "What do you think?" to which he replies "I think the first chance one of these guys gets, he'll shoot the Major in the back." That's the same exchange the two had in The Dirty Dozen.

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Goofs

As the Dirty Dozen fly into France in a disguised C-47, one team member asks why they did not parachute in. Major Reisman replies that they have no parachute training and would likely die trying to parachute in. 20 minutes later, after the team tries to mutiny in the French church, there is a scene in which the entire team parachutes into France.

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Quotes

Maj. John Reisman: Would the General mind stop playing with his choo-choo and tell me what I'm supposed to do?

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Connections

Follows The Dirty Dozen (1967)

User Reviews

Unfortunately for us, the "Dirty Dozen" made it out alive in this one...

This movie had all the warning signs of a horribly cheesy comical re-make. Based upon "The Dirty Dozen," this almost unbearable 90 minutes of film made me almost rethink such masterpieces as Conspiracy Theory, The Blair Witch Project, and Batman and Robin. The movie itself was a mix between the worst Naked Gun humor, and a mildly serious Police Academy 7. Since it was also a "made-for-TV" movie, and since it was also a "made-for-TV" movie comedy, it is among the very cheesiest of the cheesy. So be warned, and watch out for Sonny Landham who played Billy in Predator.Particular attention should be payed to the German scene, which was one of the cheesy-funny scenes in the movie. But as a rule, avoid most movies with "The Next Mission" in the title, or comedies made for TV.

Hopefully this was the Dirty Dozen's last mission, or rather the "Baker's Dozen's" last mission!