The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the Nazis!

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.

Date of release
1967-06-15
TMDB
7.6 / 10 (1381)
Runtime
2h 29m
Genres
Action, Adventure, War
Director
Robert Aldrich

Casting

  • 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
  • George Kennedy — Major Max Armbruster
  • Trini López — Pedro Jiminez
  • Ralph Meeker — Captain Stuart Kinder
  • Robert Ryan — Col. Everett Dasher Breed
  • Telly Savalas — Archer Maggott
  • Donald Sutherland — Vernon Pinkley

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