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.
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4 films
Cast
56 people
Lee Marvin
Maj. John Reisman
Known for
Point Blank
The Big Red One
Ernest Borgnine
Maj. Gen. Worden
Known for
Escape from New York
Jesus of Nazareth
Charles Bronson
Joseph Wladislaw
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
Death Wish
Jim Brown
Robert Jefferson
Known for
The Running Man
Mars Attacks!
John Cassavetes
Victor Franko
Known for
Rosemary's Baby
The Fury
Richard Jaeckel
Sergeant Bowren
Known for
Starman
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
George Kennedy
Major Max Armbruster
Known for
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Cool Hand Luke
Trini López
Pedro Jiminez
Also in
História Secreta do Pop Brasileiro
Antonio
Ralph Meeker
Captain Stuart Kinder
Known for
Paths of Glory
Kiss Me Deadly
Robert Ryan
Col. Everett Dasher Breed
Known for
The Wild Bunch
Bad Day at Black Rock
Telly Savalas
Archer Maggott
Known for
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Kelly's Heroes
Donald Sutherland
Vernon Pinkley
Known for
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Undoing
Robert Aldrich Director · Nunnally Johnson Screenplay Lukas Heller Screenplay
Worldwide gross $45M · Budget $5.4M · United States release June 15, 1967
Box office
Budget
$5,400,000
Worldwide gross
$45,300,000
Gross vs. budget
8.4×
Production
Seven Arts Pictures
Production
MKH
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Latin · Spanish
Release dates
United States · June 15, 1967
Theatrical
United States · April 29, 1998
Physical · DVD Release
United States
April 17, 2007 · Physical · Blu-Ray Release
Australia
October 21, 1967 · Theatrical
January 16, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Austria
November 3, 1967 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 5, 1968 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1968 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 1, 1994 · Physical
Denmark
November 20, 1967 · Theatrical
Finland
October 6, 1967 · Theatrical
France
December 13, 1967 · Theatrical · Visa CNC 33616
August 19, 2009 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
November 9, 1967 · Theatrical · West Germany
Greece
September 4, 1967 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 7, 1984 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 10, 1967 · Theatrical
Italy
November 30, 1967 · Theatrical · Certificazione recente (dopo riordino certificazioni)
July 1, 1970 · Theatrical · Re-release
Japan
October 6, 1967 · Theatrical
July 28, 1973 · Theatrical · Re-release
Mexico
February 5, 1969 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 19, 1967 · Theatrical
February 8, 2002 · TV · V8
Norway
February 1, 1968 · Theatrical
Poland
January 1, 1981 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 10, 1968 · Theatrical
June 5, 1981 · Theatrical · Re-release
June 26, 2020 · TV · RTP 2
Spain
October 19, 1967 · Theatrical
March 3, 2014 · Physical
Sweden
September 20, 1967 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 27, 2020 · Physical · DVD
Türkiye
October 1, 1969 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 21, 1967 · Premiere · London
October 22, 1967 · Theatrical
Uruguay
February 28, 1968 · Theatrical
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