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.
ActionAdventureWarmissionbased on novel or booknazisecret missionworld war iicastlehand grenadetrainingus armyfistfightshootoutsuicide mission
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Classical in form, resolved, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Lee MarvinMaj. John Reisman
- Ernest BorgnineMaj. Gen. Worden
- Charles BronsonJoseph Wladislaw
- Jim BrownRobert Jefferson
- John CassavetesVictor Franko
- Richard JaeckelSergeant Bowren
- George KennedyMajor Max Armbruster
- Trini LópezPedro Jiminez
- Ralph MeekerCaptain Stuart Kinder
- Robert RyanCol. Everett Dasher Breed
Crew
- Robert AldrichDirector
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
- Lukas HellerScreenplay
- E.M. NathansonNovel
- Edward ScaifeDirector of Photography
- Frank De VolOriginal Music Composer
- Michael LucianoEditor
- Kenneth HymanProducer
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