The Dirty Dozen | 
| Director: Robert Aldrich
Actors: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  113 reviews
Sales Rank: 78444
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 150 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 6304907656
UPC: 027616656322
EAN: 9780792838449
ASIN: 6304907656
Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 1967
Release Date: April 29, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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A model for dozens of action films to follow, this box-office hit from 1967 refined a die-hard formula that has become overly familiar, but it's rarely been handled better than it was in this action-packed World War II thriller. Lee Marvin is perfectly cast as a down-but-not-out army major who is offered a shot at personal and professional redemption. If he can successfully train and discipline a squad of army rejects, misfits, killers, prisoners, and psychopaths into a first-rate unit of specialized soldiers, they'll earn a second chance to make up for their woeful misdeeds. Of course, there's a catch: to obtain their pardons, Marvin's band of badmen must agree to a suicide mission that will parachute them into the danger zone of Nazi-occupied France. It's a hazardous path to glory, but the men have no other choice to accept and regain their lost honor. What makes The Dirty Dozen special is its phenomenal cast including Charles Bronson, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, George Kennedy, Ernest Borgnine, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, Jim Brown, Clint Walker, Trini Lopez, Robert Ryan, and others. Cassavetes is the Oscar- nominated standout as one of Marvin's most rebellious yet heroic men, but it's the whole ensemble--combined with the hard-as-nails direction of Robert Aldrich--that makes this such a high-velocity crowd pleaser. The script by Nunnally Johnson and Lukas Heller (from the novel by E.M. Nathanson) is strong enough to support the all-star lineup with ample humor and military grit, so if you're in need of a mainline jolt of testosterone, The Dirty Dozen is the movie for you. The DVD extras are also a kick in the pants, including a promotional featurette showing Marvin and his stylishly macho costars enjoying some male bonding in the mod London bistros of the 1960s. (You almost expect Austin Powers to come speeding around the nearest corner, making it a dirty baker's dozen! Yeah, baby, yeah!) --Jeff Shannon
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 Dirty Dozen DVD June 26, 2009
Charles J. Taraboletti (Bartlesville, OK)
Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the Nazis! Charles Bronson, Donald Sutherland, Telly Sevallas, and the rest of a group of GI's all of whom are imprisoned for various serious crimes get a "deal" from Lee Marvin -- attack a German R & R center full of brass. If you live you get a pardon, if you don't it doesn't matter. Ernest Borgnine plays the role of the general who sells the idea to Marvin. This was shot about the time that Bornine was playing Quinton McHale in McHale's Navy on TV -- a character who was always looking for the angle to get out of the fight. Quite a contrast. Good photogray and and excellent score.
The Dirty Dozen [Blu-ray] May 8, 2009
S. Govindarajoo
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An outstanding great film and a must for any collector,excellent Blu Ray Quality and one of the best WWII movies. Very enjoyable with great actors. A must for a collection of classic movies.
This is a movie you can watch with your kid & they can see a piece of good making movie history.
excellent.............
including telly savalas, charles bronson, john cassavets,lee marvin, ernest borgnine. The movie has it all, entertaining as it was in the 60's.
God Bless Them ALL
Still a great movie! April 16, 2009
E. Welch
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for my mother but ended up watching it with her. It's still a great movie full of wonderful actors.
Still "Dirty" After All These Years March 28, 2009
Scott Rivers (Los Angeles, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
No matter how many times you see it, director Robert Aldrich's "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) never fails to disappoint with plenty of slam-bang action and offbeat characterizations. Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson and Oscar-nominated John Cassavetes stand out in a powerhouse ensemble. Aldrich builds the wartime suicide mission to an explosive, bullet-riddled climax - masterfully edited by Michael Luciano. Endlessly imitated, but never surpassed.
 A Classic November 23, 2008
T. McMillan (Houston, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you like action and seeing lots of big names all on the same screen this is it.
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