Description
They were goldbricks until they found out about the gold bricks --
a fortune in Nazi-confiscated bullion! Clint Eastwood reups with
the director of his Where Eagles Dare for this alternately
action-filled and tongue-in-cheek tale of GIs who decide to get
something extra out of the war. Eastwood, North America's #2
box-office star at the time, plays Lt. Kelly, mastermind of a
scheme to slip behind enemy lines and steal the loot. Co-stars
include a trio on the verge of big-time TV success: Carroll
O'Connor, Telly Savalas and Gavin MacLeod. Plus, Don Rickles plays
the expectedly outspoken Crapgame. And in the same year as his
starmaking M*A*S*H, Donald Sutherland is Oddball, World War II's
only hippie