The Dirty Dozen
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.
- Genre: Action, Adventure, War
- Studio: Seven Arts Pictures, MKH, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Keyword: mission, based on novel or book, nazi, secret mission, world war ii, castle, hand grenade, training, us army, fistfight, shootout, suicide mission, soldier, explosion, commando, behind enemy lines, military police
- Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel