D5730 THE DIRTY DOZEN (USA, 1967) (Other titles: Douze salopards; Dozyn ploerten; Dreckige Dutzend)

Credits: director, Robert Aldrich ; writers, Lukas Heller, Nunnally Johnson ; story, E.M. Nathanson. Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown. Summary: War film set in England and France in 1944. An Army major (Marvin) selects 12 men convicted for crimes of violence and offers them their freedom if they will complete a dangerous mission behind Nazi lines. Described as “a film about contemporary attitudes to the Vietnam war” by Tony Williams in Vietnam War films.

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