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The Dirty Dozen

  • 1967
  • Approved
  • 2h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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The Dirty Dozen (1967)
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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.

  • Director
    • Robert Aldrich
  • Writers
    • Nunnally Johnson
    • Lukas Heller
    • E.M. Nathanson
  • Stars
    • Lee Marvin
    • Ernest Borgnine
    • Charles Bronson
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    82K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,494
    844
    • Director
      • Robert Aldrich
    • Writers
      • Nunnally Johnson
      • Lukas Heller
      • E.M. Nathanson
    • Stars
      • Lee Marvin
      • Ernest Borgnine
      • Charles Bronson
    • 240User reviews
    • 105Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 5 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Lee Marvin
    Lee Marvin
    • Major John Reisman
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    • General Worden
    Charles Bronson
    Charles Bronson
    • Joseph T. Wladislaw
    John Cassavetes
    John Cassavetes
    • Victor R. Franko
    Jim Brown
    Jim Brown
    • Robert T. Jefferson
    Richard Jaeckel
    Richard Jaeckel
    • Sergeant Bowren
    George Kennedy
    George Kennedy
    • Major Max Armbruster
    Trini López
    Trini López
    • Pedro Jiminez
    • (as Trini Lopez)
    Ralph Meeker
    Ralph Meeker
    • Captain Stuart Kinder
    Robert Ryan
    Robert Ryan
    • Col. Everett Dasher Breed
    Telly Savalas
    Telly Savalas
    • Archer J. Maggott
    Donald Sutherland
    Donald Sutherland
    • Vernon L. Pinkley
    Clint Walker
    Clint Walker
    • Samson Posey
    Robert Webber
    Robert Webber
    • General Denton
    Tom Busby
    Tom Busby
    • Milo Vladek
    Ben Carruthers
    Ben Carruthers
    • Glenn S. Gilpin
    Stuart Cooper
    Stuart Cooper
    • Roscoe Lever
    Robert Phillips
    Robert Phillips
    • Corporal Morgan
    • Director
      • Robert Aldrich
    • Writers
      • Nunnally Johnson
      • Lukas Heller
      • E.M. Nathanson
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    • Trivia
      One 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".
    • Goofs
      During 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.
    • Quotes

      Pinkley: [impersonating a General] Where are you from, son?

      Soldier: Madison City, Missouri, sir!

      Pinkley: Never heard of it.

    • Crazy credits
      The 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 versions
      In 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.
    • Connections
      Edited into Hogan's Heroes: Hogan's Double Life (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      The Bramble Bush
      Music by Frank De Vol

      Lyrics by Mack David

    User reviews240

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    Now That Is What I Would Call 12 Angry Men.

    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.
    • tfrizzell
    • Oct 29, 2003
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    • Release date
      • October 22, 1967 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • French
      • Spanish
      • Latin
    • 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)
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • MKH
      • Seven Arts Productions
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    • Budget
      • $5,400,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 30 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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