The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (TV 1988)

A team of renegade soldiers of World War II try to avoid the constitution of the IV Reich.

Director:

Lee H. Katzin

Writers:

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

Stars:

Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Hunt Block

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Telly Savalas	...	Maj. Wright
Ernest Borgnine	...	Gen. Sam Worden
Hunt Block	...	Joe Stern
Matthew Burton	...	Gen. Kurt Richter
Jeff Conaway	...	Sgt. Holt
Alex Cord	...	Dravko Demchuk
Erik Estrada	...	Carmine D'Agostino
Ernie Hudson	...	Joe Hamilton
James Carroll Jordan	...	Lonnie Wilson
Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini	...	Tom Ricketts (as Ray Mancini)
John Matuszak	...	Fred Collins
Natalija Nogulich	...	Yelena Petrovic (as Natalia Nogulich)
Heather Thomas	...	Lt. Carol Campbell
Anthony Valentine	...	British Colonel
Richard Yniguez	...	Roberto Echevarria (as Richard Yñiguez)

Storyline

A team of renegade soldiers of World War II try to avoid the constitution of the IV Reich.

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Plot Keywords:

world war two | parachuting | german american | submachine gun | interrogation | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | War

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Details

Country:

USA Yugoslavia Italy

Language:

German Serbo-Croatian English

Release Date:

14 February 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das dreckige Dutzend - The Fatal Mission

Filming Locations:

Zagreb, Croatia

Company Credits

Production Co:

MGM/UA Television, Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), Jadran Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Major John Reisman played by Lee Marvin in The Dirty Dozen and The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission does not appear in this movie nor in the previous "Dirty Dozen" TV movie sequel, Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission. His character was replaced by the character of Major Wright for these two movies and is played by Telly Savalas. Savalas had appeared in the original The Dirty Dozen movie as Archer Maggott where his character was killed-off.

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Goofs

Major Wright is wearing silver oak leafs which is the rank of Lt. Col.

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Connections

Follows The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985)

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Soundtracks

"In the Mood"
(uncredited)
by Glenn Miller

User Reviews

Egad- this was bad.

It stole 3 hours of my life. Yes I know the movie only lasted an hour and half but it seemed like 3 hours.

I am one of those people that like war movies. I liked the original Dirty Dozen and similar movies. But this one is sad as any I have ever seen. It was like watching a Community Stage production of the original Dirty Dozen with limited funds for the project.

The movie goes far beyond the portrayal of Germans as buffoons. When the American's jump on a train the Germans are so inept they they cannot guess the next town the train will be arriving.

There are laughable scenes that actually was filmed as serious drama. There are lighter scenes that appear to be meant as serious. Just a poor film all around.

Pass this movie and re-watch the original.