Description
The Dirty Dozen is a war movie about a group of convicted murderers who are sent on a suicide mission to infiltrate a Nazi stronghold. The movie stars Lee Marvin, Richard Jaeckel, Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, and Donald Sutherland.
In 1944, twelve Death Row convicts are selected by Major Reisman
(Lee Marvin) for a suicide mission. With the aid of his assistant,
Sergeant Bowren (Richard Jaeckel), Reisman gradually moulds his
gang of murderers, rapists, thieves and psychotics into a tough
fighting unit. He leads them into occupied France in an attempt to
infiltrate a chateau where the Nazi top brass are holding a summit.
Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes and a then-unknown
Donald Sutherland are among the dozen.