Film

The Dirty Dozen 1967

Directed by Robert Aldrich

  • Action, Adventure, War
  • 149 min
  • NR

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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