The Dirty Dozen

The Dirty Dozen (1967) is a war film set in the Second World War. The film was a great success and marked the culmination of a series of war films that were made during the 1960s. War films from this period names the history with a grain of salt and romanticized the action and heroism of the war. As a tribute to this genre, Director Quentin Tarantino made the war film Inglorious Basterds.

The Dirty Dozen is especially prized for the acting and the character development, but also gets a lot of credit because of technical aspects such as sound and montage (for which the film got Oscars ).

The Dirty Dozen was a classic in the genre in the 1980s and got three sequels that were made for the tv. No successor exceeded the success of the original. The sequels had to make do with a smaller lineup. Only Ernest Borgnine returned in all sequels.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The film is about a group of heavy criminals who all condemned to the death penalty. They can avoid this punishment if they return to the front again this time a very dangerous mission. Twelve convicts are selected. The twelve criminals are drilled and trained by major Reisman (Lee Marvin) and during the training run the tensions high on. the criminals come a few times in rebellion, but major Reisman know they get small. Ultimately they can be life-threatening to their mission and they dropped over enemy territory. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ===The Dirty Dozen[ Edit] === ===Supporting Roles<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * 2 Cast
 * 2.1 The Dirty Dozen
 * 2.2 supporting cast
 * Lee Marvin - Major Reisman
 * Charles Bronson - Joseph Wladislaw
 * Jim Brown - Robert Jefferson
 * John Cassavetes - Victor Franko
 * Telly Savalas - Archer Maggott
 * Trini Lopez - Pedro Jiminez
 * Donald Sutherland - Vernon Pinkley
 * Clint Walker - Samson Posey
 * Tom Busby - Milo Vladek
 * Ben Carruthers - Glenn Gilpin
 * Stuart Cooper - Roscoe Liver
 * Colin Maitland - Seth Sawyer
 * Al Mancini - Tassos Bravos
 * Ernest Borgnine - General Be
 * Robert Ryan - Colonel Everett Dasher Breed
 * Richard Jaeckel - Sergeant Bowren
 * George Kennedy - Maj. Max Armbruster
 * Ralph Meeker - Captain Stuart Children
 * Robert Webber - General Denton