The Dirty Dozen
First screened in December 2012
Director: Robert Aldrich. Cast: Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Jim Brown, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Trini Lopez, Clint Walker, Tom Busby, Ben Carruthers, Stuart Cooper, Colin Maitland, Al Mancini, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Webber, Robert Ryan, Ralph Meeker, Robert Phillips, George Roubicek, Gerard Heinz, Richard Marner, Harry Brooks Jr., John Hollis, Frederick Schiller, Richard Shaw, Hildegard Knef, Suzanne Owens-Duval, Wicki Woolf. Screenplay: Nunnally Johnson and Lukas Heller (based on the novel by E.M. Nathanson).
Twitter Capsule: Damagingly dull in all technical areas for vast majority. Execution tightens and nasty ironies expand near finale.

Photo © 1967 Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Not yet reviewed in full. B–

Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
Best Supporting Actor: John Cassavetes
Best Film Editing: Michael Luciano
Best Sound
★Best Sound Effects: John Poyner

Golden Globe Nominations:
Best Supporting Actor: John Cassavetes
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