During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.
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- Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 9 nominations total
Trini López
- Pedro Jiminez
- (as Trini Lopez)
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- TriviaOne scene required Lee Marvin to drive an armored truck with Charles Bronson riding shotgun. With cameras poised, Marvin was a no-show. He was eventually tracked down to a pub in Belgravia and was hauled into a car and taken to the studio, where coffee was poured down his throat. When on arrival he fell out of the car, Bronson flipped, "I'm going to fucking kill you, Lee".
- GoofsDuring the war games sequence, some of the Dozen are shown to exchange their blue armbands for the red ones worn by the opposing forces. But for the next few minutes of the film, they are still wearing their blue ones.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits don't occur until 10 minutes into the film. While it is common nowadays for films to have a pre-credits sequence, it was considered innovative in 1967.
- Alternate versionsIn Germany, in the German-language dubbed version, audiences saw only Jim Brown throwing hand grenades into the airshafts at the chateau. The scenes showing grenades being dumped into, and gasoline being poured into, the airshafts were cut.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hogan's Heroes: Hogan's Double Life (1971)
Featured review
Heart-pounding and adrenaline-rushing action giant that still packs a punch that will knock you out. A dozen criminals (Oscar-nominee John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Jim Brown, Charles Bronson and Donald Sutherland being the major standouts) are trained for a suicide mission into Nazi territory in 1944 and act as assassins. If you want to catch a thief, you hire a thief and that is the same principle used throughout this impressive motion picture. Lee Marvin does some of his best work as the leader of the rag-tag bunch of miscreants. Serves its purpose to near perfection. 4.5 out of 5 stars.
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- Also known as
- Doce del patíbulo
- Filming locations
- Ashridge Management College, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK(Marston-Tyne Military Prison - recruitment of the dirty dozen)
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- Budget
- $5,400,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 30 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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