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The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin, with an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini Lopez, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Clint Walker and Robert Webber. Set in 1944 during World War II, the film follows a penal military unit of twelve convicts as they are trained as commandos by the Allies for a suicide mission ahead of the Normandy landings.
The screenplay is based on the 1965 bestseller by E. M. Nathanson, which in turn was inspired by a real-life World War II unit of behind-the-lines demolition specialists from the 101st Airborne Division named the "Filthy Thirteen". Filming took place at the MGM British Studios.
The Dirty Dozen was released on June 15, 1967 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was a box office success, grossing $45 million against a $5 million budget. It won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 40th Academy Awards. In 2001, the American Film Institute placed it at number 65 on their 100 Years... 100 Thrills list. The film spawned several television film sequels, including The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985), The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987), and The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988). A remake was announced in 2019 by Warner Bros.
In March 1944, OSS officer Major John Reisman is ordered by the commander of ADSEC in Britain, Major General Sam Worden, to undertake "Project Amnesty", a top secret mission to turn a dozen of the United States Army's worst convicts into highly skilled commandos to eliminate Wehrmacht officers at a château near Rennes, disrupting the German chain of command in northern France ahead of D-Day. Any convicts who survive the mission will receive a pardon.
Reisman meets the twelve convicts (including the mob-associated robber Franko, former major Wladislaw, black soldier Jefferson, the gentle giant and hazing-damaged Posey, and religious zealot and psychopath Maggott) at a military prison operated by the Military Police Corps. These five are condemned to death for murder, while the others (Gilpin, Pinkley, Sawyer, Lever, Bravos, Vladek, and Jiminez) face lengthy sentences, including hard labor for crimes such as assault, larceny, mugging and impersonation. Reisman quickly establishes his authority, but the group remains disgruntled, often instigated by a defiant Franko. Overseen by MPs led by Sergeant Bowren, the convicts gradually learn to operate together when they are forced to build their own training camp. However, an act of insubordination by Franko, who convinces the team to refuse to shower in cold water, results in the men's shaving and wash kits being withheld as punishment, leading the group to be nicknamed the "Dirty Dozen." Reisman is privately pleased at the insurrection, the first indication that the erstwhile collection of individualists is beginning to bond as a team. The convicts are psychoanalyzed by Captain Kinder, who warns Reisman there is a chance that at least seven of them will likely kill him if given the chance and that Maggott is by far the most dangerous.
The Dirty Dozen are sent for parachute training at a facility commanded by Reisman's nemesis, Colonel Everett Dasher Breed of the 101st Airborne Division. Breed is unaware of Project Amnesty and attempts to discover Reisman's mission, including infiltration of the Dirty Dozen's camp. With the eager assistance of the convicts, Reisman kicks Breed and his men out of the camp. Later, Breed's testimony combined with Reisman rewarding the Dirty Dozen with the services of prostitutes for completing their training, prompts the staff to consider terminating the project. Reisman's friend and liaison, Major Armbruster, suggests a test of the convicts' training: have them operate against Breed's men in large scale maneuvers. Using brazen subterfuge, the Dirty Dozen commandeers a Red Cross ambulance; posing as a team of medics delivering a wounded soldier, they infiltrate the opposition’s headquarters, capturing its command at gunpoint. Impressed at the cohesiveness of the audacious tactics, Worden allows Reisman to resume his mission.
The Dozen parachutes into northern France. Wladislaw and Reisman infiltrate the chateau disguised as German officers and lower ropes for the rest of the team. Maggott murders an officer's spouse in the chateau and opens fire at his teammates, revealing the Dozen's presence too early, before being killed by Jefferson. The gunfire alerts the Wehrmacht officers, and they retreat to a locked underground bomb shelter with their guests. The unit pours gasoline through the ventilation shafts and ignites it with hand grenades. The chateau explodes, killing the occupants, while the survivors of the Dozen engage in a firefight with chateau guards and arriving reinforcements. Reisman, Bowren and Wladislaw are the only ones to escape back to England alive. Worden pardons Wladislaw, who is given an opportunity to resume his service in the armed forces.
In a voiceover, Armbruster tells the next of kin of the rest of the Dozen that "they lost their lives in the line of duty".
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The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin, with an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini Lopez, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Clint Walker and Robert Webber. Set in 1944 during World War II, the film follows a penal military unit of twelve convicts as they are trained as commandos by the Allies for a suicide mission ahead of the Normandy landings.
The screenplay is based on the 1965 bestseller by E. M. Nathanson, which in turn was inspired by a real-life World War II unit of behind-the-lines demolition specialists from the 101st Airborne Division named the "Filthy Thirteen". Filming took place at the MGM British Studios.
The Dirty Dozen was released on June 15, 1967 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was a box office success, grossing $45 million against a $5 million budget. It won the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 40th Academy Awards. In 2001, the American Film Institute placed it at number 65 on their 100 Years... 100 Thrills list. The film spawned several television film sequels, including The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985), The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987), and The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988). A remake was announced in 2019 by Warner Bros.
In March 1944, OSS officer Major John Reisman is ordered by the commander of ADSEC in Britain, Major General Sam Worden, to undertake "Project Amnesty", a top secret mission to turn a dozen of the United States Army's worst convicts into highly skilled commandos to eliminate Wehrmacht officers at a château near Rennes, disrupting the German chain of command in northern France ahead of D-Day. Any convicts who survive the mission will receive a pardon.
Reisman meets the twelve convicts (including the mob-associated robber Franko, former major Wladislaw, black soldier Jefferson, the gentle giant and hazing-damaged Posey, and religious zealot and psychopath Maggott) at a military prison operated by the Military Police Corps. These five are condemned to death for murder, while the others (Gilpin, Pinkley, Sawyer, Lever, Bravos, Vladek, and Jiminez) face lengthy sentences, including hard labor for crimes such as assault, larceny, mugging and impersonation. Reisman quickly establishes his authority, but the group remains disgruntled, often instigated by a defiant Franko. Overseen by MPs led by Sergeant Bowren, the convicts gradually learn to operate together when they are forced to build their own training camp. However, an act of insubordination by Franko, who convinces the team to refuse to shower in cold water, results in the men's shaving and wash kits being withheld as punishment, leading the group to be nicknamed the "Dirty Dozen." Reisman is privately pleased at the insurrection, the first indication that the erstwhile collection of individualists is beginning to bond as a team. The convicts are psychoanalyzed by Captain Kinder, who warns Reisman there is a chance that at least seven of them will likely kill him if given the chance and that Maggott is by far the most dangerous.
The Dirty Dozen are sent for parachute training at a facility commanded by Reisman's nemesis, Colonel Everett Dasher Breed of the 101st Airborne Division. Breed is unaware of Project Amnesty and attempts to discover Reisman's mission, including infiltration of the Dirty Dozen's camp. With the eager assistance of the convicts, Reisman kicks Breed and his men out of the camp. Later, Breed's testimony combined with Reisman rewarding the Dirty Dozen with the services of prostitutes for completing their training, prompts the staff to consider terminating the project. Reisman's friend and liaison, Major Armbruster, suggests a test of the convicts' training: have them operate against Breed's men in large scale maneuvers. Using brazen subterfuge, the Dirty Dozen commandeers a Red Cross ambulance; posing as a team of medics delivering a wounded soldier, they infiltrate the opposition’s headquarters, capturing its command at gunpoint. Impressed at the cohesiveness of the audacious tactics, Worden allows Reisman to resume his mission.
The Dozen parachutes into northern France. Wladislaw and Reisman infiltrate the chateau disguised as German officers and lower ropes for the rest of the team. Maggott murders an officer's spouse in the chateau and opens fire at his teammates, revealing the Dozen's presence too early, before being killed by Jefferson. The gunfire alerts the Wehrmacht officers, and they retreat to a locked underground bomb shelter with their guests. The unit pours gasoline through the ventilation shafts and ignites it with hand grenades. The chateau explodes, killing the occupants, while the survivors of the Dozen engage in a firefight with chateau guards and arriving reinforcements. Reisman, Bowren and Wladislaw are the only ones to escape back to England alive. Worden pardons Wladislaw, who is given an opportunity to resume his service in the armed forces.
In a voiceover, Armbruster tells the next of kin of the rest of the Dozen that "they lost their lives in the line of duty".