The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Note Générale:

7,8/10   

Réalisateur:

Robert Aldrich

Scénaristes:

Nunnally Johnson (screenplay) and
Lukas Heller (screenplay) ...

Date de sortie:

15 juin 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drame | Guerre

Accroche:

Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the Nazis!

Intrigue:

A US Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers in World War II.

Plot Keywords:

Mission | Suicide Mission | Behind Enemy Lines | Nazi | Prisoner

Récompenses:

Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Smell the testosterone! The Dirty Dozen is the quintessential "guys on a mission" movie!

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 12	8:30 AM	AMC
Fri. Nov. 13	4:00 AM	AMC

Ensemble

Lee Marvin	...	Major Reisman
Ernest Borgnine	...	General Worden
Charles Bronson	...	Joseph Wladislaw
Jim Brown	...	Robert Jefferson
John Cassavetes	...	Victor Franko
Richard Jaeckel	...	Sergeant Bowren
George Kennedy	...	Major Max Armbruster
Trini López	...	Pedro Jiminez (as Trini Lopez)
Ralph Meeker	...	Captain Stuart Kinder
Robert Ryan	...	Col. Everett Dasher Breed
Telly Savalas	...	Archer Maggott
Donald Sutherland	...	Vernon Pinkley
Clint Walker	...	Samson Posey
Robert Webber	...	General Denton
Tom Busby	...	Milo Vladek

Durée:

150 min

Pays:

UK | USA

Langue:

Anglais | Français | Allemand

Couleur:

Couleur (Metrocolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,75 : 1

Son:

Stereo | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Classification:

USA:Approved (certificate #20802) | Iceland:16 | UK:12 (2006) | West Germany:16 (f) | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG (cable rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1968) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating)

Lieux de tournage:

Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Société:

MKH

Anecdotes:

MGM's biggest moneymaker of 1967.

Goofs:

Continuité: When Kinder and Reisman sit down at the table to discuss the 12, a canteen appears which was not in the previous shot

Guillemet:

Major John Reisman: Which one of you guys wants to be a general?
[to Pinkley]
Major John Reisman: Pinkley?
Pinkley: What kind of general, sir?
Major John Reisman: Just a plain, ordinary, every day, home-lovin' American general.
Pinkley: I'd rather be a civilian, sir.

Connexions:

Référencé sur "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: A Night at the Movies (#3.19)" (2003)

Bande son:

The Bramble Bush

Smell the testosterone! The Dirty Dozen is the quintessential "guys on a mission" movie!

Quentin Tarantino looks like he just might follow through with his threat to make the ultimate "guys on a mission movie" if he gets his 'Inglorious Bastards' on to the big screen, but he'll be pushed to equal 'The Dirty Dozen', the quintessential movie in the genre. 35 years on and it's still one of the best WW2 adventure movies, and a strong contender for the ultimate guys movie. It shouldn't be taken too seriously - I don't think anyone is going to argue it's a realistic depiction of war - but it's still one of the most entertaining movies around, and it's impressive collection of tough guys and character actors is really hard to beat. Director Aldrich had previously made the classic noir 'Kiss Me Deadly' (starring Ralph Meeker who reappears here in a supporting role) and the wonderfully creepy 'Whatever Happened To Baby Jane', but this is arguably going to be THE movie he's remembered for. Screen legend Lee Marvin ('Point Blank', 'The Killers') with the assistance of his Sgt (Richard Jaeckel), must train a motley collection of criminal and misfits (including John Cassavetes, Jim Brown, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson, Clint Walker and Donald Sutherland), for a suicide mission behind enemy lines. Marvin is just great, extremely cool and charismatic, but also a fine actor, something which is often overlooked. The ensemble cast (which also includes George Kennedy, and two future stars of 'The Wild Bunch', Ernest Borgnine and Robert Ryan) are uniformly excellent, but Cassavetes is particularly outstanding, Sutherland is memorable as a half wit, and Savalas is unforgettable as the religious psychopath Maggott. 'The Dirty Dozen' is first class entertainment and highly recommended. It put 90% of today's "action movies" to shame!