UK / USA,
1967, 145 min
Directed by:
Robert AldrichCinematography:
Edward ScaifeComposer:
Frank De VolCast:
Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini López, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
An all-star cast energizes Robert Aldrich's classic World War II action drama about a group of 12 American military prisoners assembled by tacticians and ordered to perform a suicide mission: infiltrate a well-guarded château and kill the Nazi officials vacationing there. The incarcerated soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, jump at the chance to redeem themselves. Major Reisman (Lee Marvin), the noncriminal in charge of the group, whips the men into a crack unit, uses them to best the troops of his by-the-book superior officer, Colonel Breed (Robert Ryan), in war games, then leads the steely antiheroes on their perilous assault. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1968 - John Cassavetes (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 1968 - Best Achievement in Film Editing
- 1968 - Best Sound Mixing
Golden Globes
- 1968 - John Cassavetes (Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture)