The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

1988 1h 34m EN

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★5.2TMDB · 51

AdventureWarAction

Synopsis

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A renegade team of World War II soldiers. This time, one of the 12 is a woman and, with a Nazi spy within their midst, they're up against German wartime geniuses out to establish a Fourth Reich.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Telly Savalas
Maj. Wright
Ernest Borgnine
Gen. Sam Worden
Hunt Block
Joe Stern
Matthew Burton
Gen. Kurt Richter
Jeff Conaway
Sgt. Holt
Alex Cord
Dravko Demchuk
Erik Estrada
Carmine D'Agostino
Ernie Hudson
Joe Hamilton

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lee H. Katzin
Writers: Mark Rodgers
Languages: Serbo-Croatian, German, English
Countries: Italy, United States of America, Yugoslavia

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Serbo-Croatian, German, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Italy, United States of America, Yugoslavia.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Dirty Dozen Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lee H. Katzin, shot by Tomislav Pinter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard E. Rabjohn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Telly Savalas and Ernest Borgnine and Hunt Block carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0095022 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lee H. Katzin directs. Tomislav Pinter behind the camera. Richard E. Rabjohn cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Italy, United States of America, Yugoslavia. Dialogue in Serbo-Croatian, German, English.

Trivia

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138 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Serbo-Croatian, German, English.
3International production across 3 countries: Italy, United States of America, Yugoslavia.
4Part of the "The Dirty Dozen Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Lee H. Katzin, shot by Tomislav Pinter. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Richard E. Rabjohn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Telly Savalas and Ernest Borgnine and Hunt Block carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0095022 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 51 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "prison", "mission", "nazi", "world war ii".

The technical file

Cinematography: Tomislav Pinter
Editing: Richard E. Rabjohn
Makeup / hair: Boris Cavlina
Sound: Jay M. Harding
Stunt coordinator: Petar Buntić
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988)

Part of

The Dirty Dozen Collection

An action war film series based on E. M. Nathanson's novel of the same name. The original theatrical film was released in 1967, and was followed by three TV movie sequels in the mid-to-late 1980s.

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Lee H. Katzin

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dennyjt2022-07-20
★ 6/10
Third TV version of the story has Savalas back as the leader of 12 convicts on a desperate mission to attack a train carrying a dozen Nazis selected to be the next generation of mad Reich leaders. After the usual training sequences and the traditional visit of the whores, Savalas learns there is a traitor in the team. It culminates in an explosive scene involving the train as a few of the twelve survive. Shot in Croatia, this has a very professional look and is hugely entertaining if violent and familiar fare. Unlikely addition of hot babe Thomas is a welcome diversion. The cast contains a number of tough guy, grizzled performers who easily fit into the rigorous action.

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