During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 9 nominations total
Trini López
- Pedro Jiminez
- (as Trini Lopez)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLee Marvin referred to this movie as "crap" and "just a dummy moneymaker", although he enjoyed the film. The movie has nothing to do with war, he stressed, and he was very pleased that he got to do The Big Red One (1980), which mirrored his own wartime experiences. Marvin also said many of the actors in this film were too old to play soldiers.
- Goofs(at around 1h 35 mins) During WWII no Black man could have attained the rank of major in an all white outfit so he would not have fooled the doctor or ambulance driver. Someone else should have been chosen as the leader of that unit for it to work.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits don't occur until 10 minutes into the film. While it is common nowadays for films to have a pre-credits sequence, it was considered innovative in 1967.
- Alternate versionsIn Germany, in the German-language dubbed version, audiences saw only Jim Brown throwing hand grenades into the airshafts at the chateau. The scenes showing grenades being dumped into, and gasoline being poured into, the airshafts were cut.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hogan's Heroes: Hogan's Double Life (1971)
Featured review
Now That Is What I Would Call 12 Angry Men.
Heart-pounding and adrenaline-rushing action giant that still packs a punch that will knock you out. A dozen criminals (Oscar-nominee John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Jim Brown, Charles Bronson and Donald Sutherland being the major standouts) are trained for a suicide mission into Nazi territory in 1944 and act as assassins. If you want to catch a thief, you hire a thief and that is the same principle used throughout this impressive motion picture. Lee Marvin does some of his best work as the leader of the rag-tag bunch of miscreants. Serves its purpose to near perfection. 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Helpful•6121
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Dvanajst žigosanih
- Filming locations
- Ashridge Management College, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK(Marston-Tyne Military Prison - recruitment of the dirty dozen)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $5,400,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
![The Dirty Dozen (1967)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2Y1ZTI0NzktYzU3MS00YmE1LThkY2EtMDc0NGYxNTNlZDA5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTAyODkwOQ@@._V1_QL75_UX90_CR0,2,90,133_.jpg)