The Devil's Brigade DVD (1968)

The Devil's Brigade details

Format:	PG DVD
Starring:	Cliff Robertson, William Holden, Vince Edwards, Claude Akins, Andrew Prine
Director:	Andrew V. McLaglen
Genres:	Action/Adventure - War, Drama
Studio:	MGM ENTERTAINMENT

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
The Devil's Brigade	PG Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	2 hours 10 minutes
Rental release:	Currently unavailable
Main languages:	English

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Canadian airborne brigade

By a customer from Nottingham , 22 Feb 2005

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I have seen this film before, but wanted to see it again. To start off with it's worth knowing that this film is based on true events. In some ways it's similar to the Dirty Dozen. It centres around the forming of the Special Service Force, or Parachute Regiment formation. It consists of experienced Canadian infantry who had fought at Dunkirk and members of the American Army who were trouble makers and jail birds, who couldn't cope with even being soldiers. They are joined together to form a joint Canadian/American airborne special forces unit. In the beginning they are against each other, The Americans take the Mickey out of the well trained Canadian troops and play tricks on the Canadian's, who have been told to be on their best behaviour. In the end their hardship of training forms strong friendships and camaraderie. They can perform missions that other larger conventional units couldn't do, using their stealth and aggression they capture a German held mountain artillery position, that has given the allies weeks of trouble. This film really shows what makes the difference between Paratroopers and the ordinary infantry units. In the end the Canadian and Americans are united together as airborne brothers in arms who proudly wear the maroon beret.

Well worth watching.
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A good old war film for a Saturday afternoon...

By a customer from Orpington , 13 Nov 2010

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The Devil's Brigade is a great classic WWII action film. A good combination of action and comedy, about a heroic effort of a commando unit, half American, half Canadian, on a mission a mountain in Norway. At first the Americans and Canadians hate one another. The Americans make fun of the Canadians, of how they talk and dress, and the Canadians make fun of the Americans, because of their juvenile delinquency. But in the end they have to put their differences aside, and the bonds of war are formed, and they went on to become one of the most famous military units out of the whole of WWII in the European theatre. But as well as being funny, this film has some great action scenes, and is a good old WWII film for a Saturday afternoon, as my dad would say! It's got all the classic tough guys of the old films, William Holden, Jack Watson, Cliff Robertson. I would highly recommend this film, especially to Canadian audiences, as it's a film to make them proud. Two thumbs up. Another good war film from the director of the Guns of Navarone.
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By kolaboy (114 reviews) from Reading , 25 Aug 2009

Not bad film and i agree similar to dirty dozen.
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Worth a look

By a customer from Shropshire, UK , 08 Dec 2005

A fairly standard war romp in which a bunch of mismatched ne'er do wells and wasters are thrown together with a well-trained and disciplined troop and then overcome obstacles and themselves to become a crack fighting force. Despite the fact that it's based on a true story it doesn't do much that the Dirty Dozen did, although it just might be a better film. It is helped by an interesting cast including a number of actors reaching the end of their careers like William Holden, Michael Rennie and Dana Andrews.
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Canadian airborne brigade

By a customer from Nottingham , 22 Feb 2005

I have seen this film before, but wanted to see it again. To start off with it's worth knowing that this film is based on true events. In some ways it's similar to the Dirty Dozen. It centres around the forming of the Special Service Force, or Parachute Regiment formation. It consists of experienced Canadian infantry who had fought at Dunkirk and members of the American Army who were trouble makers and jail birds, who couldn't cope with even being soldiers. They are joined together to form a joint Canadian/American airborne special forces unit. In the beginning they are against each other, The Americans take the Mickey out of the well trained Canadian troops and play tricks on the Canadian's, who have been told to be on their best behaviour. In the end their hardship of training forms strong friendships and camaraderie. They can perform missions that other larger conventional units couldn't do, using their stealth and aggression they capture a German held mountain artillery position, that has given the allies weeks of trouble. This film really shows what makes the difference between Paratroopers and the ordinary infantry units. In the end the Canadian and Americans are united together as airborne brothers in arms who proudly wear the maroon beret.

Well worth watching.
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