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*The Dirty Dozen* is a 1967 war, drama, and action film directed by Robert Aldrich. The cast includes Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, and Jim Brown. Nunnally Johnson and Lukas Heller wrote the screenplay, while Frank De Vol composed the music. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced the film, which was distributed by Netflix. The narrative is set in the United Kingdom and Brittany during World War II.
The film was released in the United States and United Kingdom, with an original language of English and German. It has a runtime of 143 minutes, though other sources list runtimes of 149 and 150 minutes. The production budget was $5,400,000, and it generated $45,300,000 in revenue. The film is associated with the New Hollywood movement.
*The Dirty Dozen* received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound Editing, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound. It won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing. The film has a TMDb vote average of 7.588 based on 1,313 votes and an IMDb rating of 7.7 based on 84,197 votes. It was followed by *The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission*.
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7.612 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.
Cast
- Lee Marvin as Maj. John Reisman
- Ernest Borgnine as Maj. Gen. Worden
- Charles Bronson as Joseph Wladislaw
- Jim Brown as Robert Jefferson
- John Cassavetes as Victor Franko
- Richard Jaeckel as Sergeant Bowren
Themes
- mission
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- secret mission
- world war ii
- castle
- hand grenade
- training
- us army
- fistfight
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Aldrich
- Screenplay by
- Nunnally Johnson Lukas Heller
- Based on
- The Dirty Dozen , by E. M. Nathanson
- Produced by
- Kenneth Hyman
- Starring
- Lee Marvin Ernest Borgnine Charles Bronson Jim Brown John Cassavetes Richard Jaeckel George Kennedy Trini Lopez Ralph Meeker Robert Ryan Telly Savalas Clint Walker Robert Webber
- Cinematography
- Edward Scaife
- Edited by
- Michael Luciano
- Music by
- Frank De Vol
- Production company
- Kenneth Hyman Production
- Distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Release date
- June 15, 1967 ( 1967-06-15 )
- Running time
- 150 minutes
- Countries
- United States , United Kingdom
- Languages
- English German French
- Budget
- $5.4 million
- Box office
- $45.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- German
- Followed by
- The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
- Main subject
- World War II
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Robert Aldrich
- Screenwriter
- Lukas Heller
- Composer
- Frank De Vol
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Edward Scaife
- Narrative location
- Brittany
- Duration
- 143
- FilmAffinity ID
- 378896
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1967-11-09
- film editor
- Michael Luciano
- title
- The Dirty Dozen
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Asa Hutchinson
- set in period
- 1944
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- after a work by
- Erwin M. Nathanson
- review score
- 73/100
- capital cost
- 5400000
- box office
- 45300000
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Encyclopedic overview
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin, with an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini Lopez, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Clint Walker and Robert Webber. Set in 1944 during World War II, the film follows a penal military unit of twelve convicts as they are trained as commandos by the Allies for a suicide mission ahead of the Normandy landings.
The screenplay is based on the 1965 bestseller by E. M. Nathanson, which in turn was inspired by a real-life World War II unit of behind-the-lines demolition specialists from the 101st Airborne Division named the "Filthy Thirteen". Filming took place at the MGM British Studios.
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