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The Dirty Dozen (1967)

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Robert Aldrich
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    Maj. John Reisman Lee Marvin
  • Profile picture of Ernest Borgnine
    Maj. Gen. Worden Ernest Borgnine
  • Profile picture of Charles Bronson
    Joseph Wladislaw Charles Bronson
  • Profile picture of Jim Brown
    Robert Jefferson Jim Brown
  • Profile picture of John Cassavetes
    Victor Franko John Cassavetes
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    Sergeant Bowren Richard Jaeckel
  • Profile picture of George Kennedy
    Major Max Armbruster George Kennedy
  • Profile picture of Trini López
    Pedro Jiminez Trini López

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