During World War II, Lieutenant Kelly (Clint Eastwood) learns of a German bank located behind enemy lines containing sixteen million dollars in gold bars. His platoon, led by Big Joe (Telly Savalas), has three days of rest and recreation coming, so, with the aid of hustler Crapgame (Don Rickles), anachronistic hippie Oddball (Donald Sutherland), three Sherman tanks, and a touch of irreverence, Kelly leads his men deep into French territory to steal the gold for themselves.
—Marty McKee <mmckee@wkio.com>