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Released
1967 · FILM

The Dirty Dozen

A ragtag squad of twelve condemned soldiers volunteers for a suicide mission behind enemy lines, aiming to storm a fortified chateau and eliminate high‑ranking Nazi officers before the Normandy invasion—while battling their own deadly reputations and an impossible odds that could cost them everything.

“Train them! Excite them! Arm them!...Then turn them loose on the Nazis!”

Directed by
Robert Aldrich, Bert Batt
Written by
Nunnally Johnson, Lukas Heller
Rated
MPA · Approved
Runtime
150 min
ActionAdventureWar

Synopsis

Twelve American military prisoners during World War II are tasked with infiltrating a heavily guarded enemy château to assassinate Nazi officers on vacation there. Most of the soldiers are facing death sentences for various violent crimes and agree to the mission in the hope that their sentences may be commuted.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 181+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Michael LucianoShot by Edward ScaifeScored by Frank De VolSound by Aaron RochinStunts by Gerry Crampton

Box Office

1967 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 8.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$45.3M

Budget$5.4M
Worldwide gross$45.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Das dreckige Dutzendde
  • (French)Douze salopards
  • (Flemish)Een dozijn ploerten
  • Les Douze Salopardsfr
  • Quella sporca dozzinait
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 15, 1967
  • PeruJul 20, 1967
  • United KingdomSep 21, 1967
  • SwedenSep 21, 1967
  • FranceSep 27, 1967

Companies

ProductionMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), MKH, Seven Arts Productions
DistributionMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Other companiesAmerican Cinema Editors (ACE), British Society of Cinematographers (BSC), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Karma Transport, MGM Home Entertainment

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