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They were misfits, rebels … and heroes. Oscar winners William Holden and Cliff Robertson topline this riveting World War II saga based on the true story of the First Special Service Force. Capturing the drama of combat with outstanding cinematography and an exceptionally strong cast, The Devil’s Brigade is a thrilling tribute to this renowned fighting unit.
Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick (Holden) takes on the daunting task of melding a renegade group of American and Canadian recruits into a crack team of commando warriors. Frederick’s superiors doubt the rookies until Frederick volunteers them for a perilous attack on a Nazi stronghold in the mountains. His men will be outnumbered and outgunned, but that’s a fair fight for the devil’s brigade.
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- Original theatrical trailer
- Interactive menu screens and chapter selections
DVD Technical Information:
- Subtitles: French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Greek, Romanian, Hard of Hearing English, Hard of Hearing German
- Region Code: 2
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Full Frame
- PAL
- Colour
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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A good movie that you can watch over and over. Good acting, good story, lots of action. No love scenes or swearing and William Holden is tops.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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"The Devils Brigade", seems to have tried to cash in on the success of films like "The Great Escape" and "The Dirty Dozen", but unfortunately falls short of the flair and originality brought to those films. The director Andrew V McLaglen is the reliable sort who consistently churned out decent actioneers, mostly westerns it should be said, but was not one of the more imaginative film makers in the business. And this does show at times. The film uses the tired old routine formula of bringing together a disparate band of soldiers and training them into an elite fighting unit.
This version is based on the exploits of the 1st Special Service Force, which was a joint unit of Canadian and American troops organised in 1942. William Holden is the officer charged with whipping the men into shape. The Americans are portrayed as a bunch of misfits, mostly with long disciplinary records, although this did not seem to be true of the real unit, whose veterans may have been put out by their portrayal on screen. The unit is predictably knocked into shape, and sent into action on the Italian front where they distinguish themselves.
The film is one where the expression `curate's egg' comes to mind, in that not all the parts are bad. The film has a very strong cast. Bill Holden and Cliff Robertson are very capable lead actors, and they are supported by the likes of Harry Carey jnr, Claude Akins, Andrew Prine and Richard Jaeckel. Luminaries Dana Andrews and Michael Rennie also make brief appearances, with the very British Rennie appearing interestingly as Lt Gen Mark Clark. Cinematographer William Clothier, who worked on many fine westerns, was able to use the type of landscape familiar to him in Utah for the training sequences. He was also able to film on location in Italy which gave the film an authentic look. The films recreation of the battle to take "Monte La Defensa", a German held mountain stronghold is very well staged, although the real battle took place over five days. All this is not enough to lift the film out of mediocrity, and the big budget is wasted. Everything is so tired and predictable that it must have seemed dated even when it was released back in 1968. This old fashioned and relatively bloodless film has nothing to say about the state of war, and peters out aimlessly. One for the ardent war film completist only
This version is based on the exploits of the 1st Special Service Force, which was a joint unit of Canadian and American troops organised in 1942. William Holden is the officer charged with whipping the men into shape. The Americans are portrayed as a bunch of misfits, mostly with long disciplinary records, although this did not seem to be true of the real unit, whose veterans may have been put out by their portrayal on screen. The unit is predictably knocked into shape, and sent into action on the Italian front where they distinguish themselves.
The film is one where the expression `curate's egg' comes to mind, in that not all the parts are bad. The film has a very strong cast. Bill Holden and Cliff Robertson are very capable lead actors, and they are supported by the likes of Harry Carey jnr, Claude Akins, Andrew Prine and Richard Jaeckel. Luminaries Dana Andrews and Michael Rennie also make brief appearances, with the very British Rennie appearing interestingly as Lt Gen Mark Clark. Cinematographer William Clothier, who worked on many fine westerns, was able to use the type of landscape familiar to him in Utah for the training sequences. He was also able to film on location in Italy which gave the film an authentic look. The films recreation of the battle to take "Monte La Defensa", a German held mountain stronghold is very well staged, although the real battle took place over five days. All this is not enough to lift the film out of mediocrity, and the big budget is wasted. Everything is so tired and predictable that it must have seemed dated even when it was released back in 1968. This old fashioned and relatively bloodless film has nothing to say about the state of war, and peters out aimlessly. One for the ardent war film completist only
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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very good to watch, based on true story (battle of monte cassino)and managed to portray events in usual hollywood style, but enjoyable nevertheless.
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Devils brigade
This was a good film with good acting from William Holden and mickey Rooney.i enjoyed it very much.a bit of serious filming combined with a bit of comedy
Published 3 months ago by rosie
Better than you think
I personally found the battle scenes wooden and forced. I did however, find the actual story fresh and interesting. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Enquirer
Devils Brigade
Not a bad ww2 film, just not one of the better ones ive seen. A group of soldiers who are not fit for much get knocked into shape to do a dirty job.
Published 17 months ago by L. bowen
CRACKING ENTERTAINMENT.
i really enjoyed this old fashioned war film like another reviewer said its similar to the dirty dozen , but far better in my opinion and i will certainly put this film up amongst... Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2009 by BUBS.
Die Teufelsbrigade
It is the height of the Second World War. Someone decided it was time to have a Joint Readiness Brigade. Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2007 by bernie
War and Jokes
A Damn good film which I enjoyed, good acting and well known old fashioned film legends!
Published on 12 Dec 2005 by K. Bruce
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