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The dozen ex-con commandos trap all of the German officers and their beautiful German and French concubines in the bomb shelter of the castle. Our heroess then screw the tops off of the air vents, pour in gasoline, add a few grenades and voila, Nazi SS flambee (Ebert). Unfortunately, the good bad guys do not get far away from the action. Most of them are picked off before they can get to the get away car which happens to be a stolen German half-track. The film then ends with a scene in which the survivors are shown to be Major Reisman (Lee Marvin), Sergeant Bowren (Richard Jaeckel) and Wladislaw (Charles Bronson). Wladislaw wryly remarks to Major Reisman that killing officers could become a habit after he has a medal put on his chest by a an officer who remarks that they need men like him (ibid.). Conclusion

To begin with, director Robert Aldrich did not have much hope for the script by Lukas Heller and Nunnally Johnson. Aldrich felt that it was hopelessly old-fashioned. However, he worked his magic and turned the Dirty Dozen into one of MGM's...

The film went on to become the sixth highest-grossing film in the studio's history ("Rotten Tomatoes").
In the opinion of this author, the customer is always right and in this case the reviewers agreed with them. The film leaves you caring about the characters, even a sexual pervert like Maggot (Telly Savalas). When caring is there, the film has usually been a success.

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Ebert, Roger. "The Dirty Dozen ." Roger Ebert .com. Roger Ebert.com, 26 July 1967. Web. 15 Mar

2012. .

"The Dirty Dozen (1967)." Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes.com, 2010. Web. 15 Mar 2012.

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"The Dirty Dozen." Variety.com. Variety, 31 Dec. 1966. Web. 15 Mar 2012. .

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Ebert, Roger. "The Dirty Dozen ." Roger Ebert .com. Roger Ebert.com, 26 July 1967. Web. 15 Mar

2012. <http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?

AID=/19670726/REVIEWS/707260301/1023>.

"The Dirty Dozen (1967)." Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes.com, 2010. Web. 15 Mar 2012.
<http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dirty_dozen/>.
"The Dirty Dozen." Variety.com. Variety, 31 Dec. 1966. Web. 15 Mar 2012. <http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117790448/>.
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