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The Dirty Dozen [VHS] [1967]

VHS ~ Lee Marvin
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas
  • Directors: Robert Aldrich
  • Writers: E.M. Nathanson, Lukas Heller, Nunnally Johnson
  • Producers: Kenneth Hyman, Raymond Anzarut
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English, French, German
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • VHS Release Date: 19 Jun 2000
  • Run Time: 143 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CWKT
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,814 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
A model for dozens of action films to follow, this box-office hit from 1967 refined a die-hard formula that has become overly familiar, but it's rarely been handled better than it was in this action-packed World War II thriller. Lee Marvin is perfectly cast as a down-but-not-out army major who is offered a shot at personal and professional redemption. If he can successfully train and discipline a squad of army rejects, misfits, killers, prisoners, and psychopaths into a first-rate unit of specialised soldiers, they'll earn a second chance to make up for their woeful misdeeds. Of course, there's a catch: to obtain their pardons, Marvin's band of badmen must agree to a suicide mission that will parachute them into the danger zone of Nazi-occupied France. It's a hazardous path to glory, but the men have no other choice than to accept and regain their lost honor. What makes The Dirty Dozen special is its phenomenal cast including Charles Bronson, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, George Kennedy, Ernest Borgnine, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, Jim Brown, Clint Walker, Trini Lopez, Robert Ryan, and others. Cassavetes is the Oscar-nominated standout as one of Marvin's most rebellious yet heroic men, but it's the whole ensemble--combined with the hard-as-nails direction of Robert Aldrich--that makes this such a high-velocity crowd pleaser. The script by Nunnally Johnson and Lukas Heller (from the novel by E.M. Nathanson) is strong enough to support the all-star lineup with ample humour and military grit, so if you're in need of a mainline jolt of testosterone, The Dirty Dozen is the movie for you. --Jeff Shannon

Synopsis
A strike force of violent criminals are recruited to tackle one of the most bizarre and dangerous combat missions of World War II.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Dirty Dozen, 15 Mar 2004
This review is from: The Dirty Dozen [DVD] [1967] (DVD)
I don't know where to start praising what has to be the most exciting action adventure based on WWII. The story of 12 convicts chosen for what is best describes as a suicide mission is played out by one of the strongest cast every to be united on one film. The names Marvin, Bronson and Sutherland to name but three shows instant quality. To show this film doesn't age i am only in my early twenties so this shows quality isnt controlled by the special effects but by storyline and sheer excitement something sadly lacking in most modern films. I have been waiting patiently for this DVD release as in my opinion it is one of the most own titles for any self respecting action fan.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A 60s classic; one of ALDRICH's finest + a great cast, 29 Mar 2005
By Jeff Markham (Walton-on-Thames, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Dirty Dozen [DVD] [1967] (DVD)
Top Director Robert Aldrich's most commercially successful movie. Wartime action heroics from a motley bunch of hardcore death row convicts, led by a brilliantly cynical LEE MARVIN, a reluctant commanding officer for the gang. They're given a suicidal mission to destroy a key German command post in return for a chance of freedom after the war if they succeed. No brainer film fans!??

In a generally excellent ensemble cast of seasoned character actors (ERNEST BORGNINE, TELLY SAVALAS (KOJAK!!), JOHN CASSAVETES, CHARLES BRONSON et al), DONALD SUTHERLAND is a standout, quite superb in a smaller but crucial role.

Great action set-pieces and inspired, brutally appropriate direction from ALDRICH at his very best make this movie a fondly remembered 60s classic. Unmissable and unbeatable entertainment!

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best films ever made, 11 May 2001
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This review is from: The Dirty Dozen [VHS] [1967] (VHS Tape)
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What more can you say, An unforgettable film in the like of 'The magnificent seven' or 'The great escape' (with many of the same outstanding cast members). It combines a strong story with great acting and a spectacular finale. You simply have to watch it, it's a classic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen is an above average war story based around the premiss of using soldiers condemned to death or long terms of imprisonment to take on a suicide mission behind... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. C. L. Newcombe

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Movie
Its a good movie, u dont need to like war movies to enjoy this one. Watch it!
Published 4 months ago by Roger William Basham

2.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly over-rated
What this is, is in effect a very long, cast-heavy feature length episode of The A-Team, with no redeeming features whatsoever, and an abundance of pointless violence. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. M. A. Reed

4.0 out of 5 stars Boys own adventure
This badly contrived 1968 romp of a war movie brilliantly casts two acting giants from different sides of the Atlantic. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Brendan O. Clarke

5.0 out of 5 stars The only film that a real man is allowed to cry over
The only film that a real man is allowed to cry over

The film came out when I was at school in the mid to late sixties. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Peter Wade

3.0 out of 5 stars Covert mission into the Nazi Heartland
This film features a special mission team in the thick of World War 2 before D-Day parachuted behind Nazi lines for a special destruction mission. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ogun Eratalay

4.0 out of 5 stars martial courage is a dubitous virtue
This is a very good movie with a quality above the media of the abundant genre of commandos in WW II. It's long but one doesn't feel so. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Carlos Vazquez Quintana

5.0 out of 5 stars D.D
BRILLIANT. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I'VE WATCHED IT.
LEE MARVIN EXCELLENT AS IS CHARLES BRONSEN, TELLY SALVALAS AS MAGGOT!! GREAT ACTION WITH SOME HUMOUR AS WELL. DON'T MISS IT.
Published on 4 Nov 2003 by neftiti

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