The Dirty Dozen (1967)

  • NR
  • 06/15/1967 (US)
  • Action, Adventure, War
  • 2h 29m

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

Overview

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.

Nunnally Johnson

Screenplay

E.M. Nathanson

Novel

Lukas Heller

Screenplay

Robert Aldrich

Director

Cast

Lee Marvin's headshot

Lee Marvin

Maj. John Reisman
Ernest Borgnine's headshot

Ernest Borgnine

Maj. Gen. Worden
Charles Bronson's headshot

Charles Bronson

Joseph Wladislaw
Jim Brown's headshot

Jim Brown

Robert Jefferson
John Cassavetes's headshot

John Cassavetes

Victor Franko
Richard Jaeckel's headshot

Richard Jaeckel

Sergeant Bowren
George Kennedy's headshot

George Kennedy

Major Max Armbruster
Trini López's headshot

Trini López

Pedro Jiminez

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