Story Line
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
“Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the Nazis!”
Top Cast
Lee Marvin
Maj. John Reisman
Ernest Borgnine
Maj. Gen. Worden
Charles Bronson
Joseph Wladislaw
Jim Brown
Robert Jefferson
John Cassavetes
Victor Franko
Richard Jaeckel
Sergeant Bowren
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Rating
7.6/ 10
Release Date
1967-06-15
Runtime
2h 29m
Genres
ActionAdventureWar
Part of the Series
The Dirty Dozen Collection
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User Reviews (3)
talisencrw
9/10
•8/14/2016I loved this. Right up there with my favourite Aldrich films (though maybe 'Kiss Me Deadly' is still my number one), and of the greatest performances of both Lee Marvin and John Cassavetes (who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at both the Gold...
John Chard
10/10
•1/2/2019One of the most quintessential macho movies of all time.
The Dirty Dozen is directed by Robert Aldrich and adapted for the screen by Nunnally Johnson & Lukas Heller from the novel by E. M. Nathanson. It stars Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Telly Sa...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•7/15/2024Lee Marvin is charged with a mission to drum a dozen criminals and reprobates into some sort of cohesive military unit with a view to destroying an heavily guarded chateau that serves as a respite for high ranking Nazi officers. The challenge looks i...