The Dirty Dozen is a movie directed by Robert Aldrich in 1967 and based on the book of the same name by E.M. Nathanson, first published in 1965. The movie features Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy, Ralph Meeker, and others.
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Storyline
In March 1944, OSS officer Major John Reisman is ordered by the commander of ADSEC in Great Britain, Major General Sam Worden, to undertake Project Amnesty: During their training the prisoners are psychoanalyzed by Captain Kinder who warns Reisman that they would all quite likely kill him if given the chance; and rapist/killer Maggott is by far the most dangerous.
Movie vs Book
Year
1967
Minutes
150
Movie Rate
7.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Dirty Dozen
Director: Robert Aldrich
Country: UK
Year: 1967
Length: 2h30m
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Year
1965
Pages
544
Book Rate
8.02
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Book
The Dirty Dozen
Author: E.M. Nathanson
Country: USA
First published in: 1965
Length: 544 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Dirty Dozen
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“The job of the screenplay is to extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen maintaining its essence.”
BARRY EISLER (Writer)
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