The Dirty Dozen

1967 PG-13 2h 29m

7.6 /10

1.3K

Genre

Action Adventure War

Plot

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.

Director

Robert Aldrich

Writers

Nunnally Johnson E.M. Nathanson Lukas Heller

Stars

Lee Marvin Ernest Borgnine Charles Bronson

Cast & Crew

Captain Stuart Kinder

Robert Ryan

Col. Everett Dasher Breed

Cpl. Morgan - MP Guard

Pvt. Arthur James Gardner

German Officer's Girl

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Michael Anthony

German Officer in Staff Car (uncredited)

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Leo Britt

German General in Staff Car (uncredited)

Alan Chuntz

French Servant (uncredited)

Gary Files

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Judith Furse

Drunken General's Wife (uncredited)

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Hal Galili

MP Master Sergeant / Hangman (uncredited)

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Romo Gorrara

Airborne Soldier (uncredited)

Willoughby Gray

German Officer (uncredited)

Gerard Heinz

Card-Playing German Officer (uncredited)

John G. Heller

2nd German Sentry at Chateau (uncredited)

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George Hilsdon

Medical Officer at Hanging (uncredited)

John Hollis

German Porter at Chateau (uncredited)

Alf Joint

German Sentry Wanting Light (uncredited)

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Juba Kennerley

German Officer (uncredited)

Hildegard Knef

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Ann Lancaster

Prostitute (uncredited)

Richard Marner

German Sentry at Chateau (uncredited)

Dick Miller

MP at Hanging (uncredited)

Lionel Murton

MP Lt. Col. in charge at hanging (uncredited)

Suzanne Owens-Duval

Prostitute (uncredited)

Mike Reid

Sergeant at War Games HQ (uncredited)

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Terry Richards

Staff Sergeant MacIntosh Blake (uncredited)

Frederick Schiller

Drunken German General (uncredited)

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Richard Shaw

German Officer Who Seals the Bunker (uncredited)

Warren Stanhope

German Officer (uncredited)

Hedger Wallace

German Officer (uncredited)

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Theodore Wilhelm

German Officer (uncredited)

Rocky Taylor

Airborne Soldier (uncredited)

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Burnell Tucker

Army Doctor (uncredited)

Vicki Woolf

Prostitute (uncredited)

Michael Segal

Airborne Band Conductor (uncredited)

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Gerry Crampton

Staff Sergeant Alistair Clayton (uncredited)

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Jack Carter

Military Policman (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

15 Jul 2024

Lee Marvin is charged with a mission to drum a dozen criminals and reprobates into some sort of cohesive military unit with a view to destroying an he...

John Chard

2 Jan 2019

One of the most quintessential macho movies of all time. The Dirty Dozen is directed by Robert Aldrich and adapted for the screen by Nunnally John...

talisencrw

14 Aug 2016

I loved this. Right up there with my favourite Aldrich films (though maybe 'Kiss Me Deadly' is still my number one), and of the greatest performances ...