

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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5.4M
- Box office
- $45.3M
- Language
- Latin
- mission
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- secret mission
- world war ii
- castle
- hand grenade
- training
- us army
- fistfight
- shootout
- suicide mission
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR15 Jun 1967
- PhysicalDVD Release29 Apr 1998
- PhysicalBlu-Ray Release17 Apr 2007
United KingdomGB
- Premiere12London21 Sept 1967
- Theatrical22 Oct 1967
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM21 Oct 1967
- PhysicalDVD16 Jan 2007
AustriaAT
- Theatrical3 Nov 1967
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical165 Jan 1968
BrazilBR
- Theatrical161 Jan 1968
CzechiaCZ
- Physical15+1 Feb 1994
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1520 Nov 1967
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-166 Oct 1967
FranceFR
- TheatricalTPVisa CNC 3361613 Dec 1967
- TheatricalRe-release19 Aug 2009
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany9 Nov 1967
GreeceGR
- Theatrical154 Sept 1967
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The Dirty Dozen was released on 15 June 1967.
Audience reviews
3- T9/10
talisencrw
8/14/2016
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 of both Lee Marvin and John Cassavetes (who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at both the Golden Globes and Oscars for his work here). This hearkened back to the heady times when if you got a great cast and director together, you were virtually guaranteed you'd…
- J10/10
John Chard
1/2/2019
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 Johnson & Lukas Heller from the novel by E. M. Nathanson. It stars Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Donald Sutherland, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Ryan and Jim Brown. 1944, just prior to D-Day . Major Reisman (Marvin) is a none…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
7/15/2024
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 heavily guarded chateau that serves as a respite for high ranking Nazi officers. The challenge looks impossible as the band are assembled - a bigger crowd of cowards, thugs and zealots you would never hope to see; but with the assistance of his stoic sergeant (Richard Jae…
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