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1968

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Standard WWII fantasyland fare as Holden grabs a thankless detail: create a fit commando troop from a gaggle of down-and-dirty Canadian and American misfits. Big-budget, big-screen treatment and curious assortment of stars doesn't add up to much, but choosing the the Italian Alps as a theatre of war is refreshing. Read more

Starring	William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine
Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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The Devil's Brigade

Starring	William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine, Claude Akins
Director	Andrew V. McLaglen
Studio	MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 10 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1968 To Rent: DVD: 05 Apr 2004

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- Apparently based on fact, this emerges as a pretty slavish reprise of Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen. This time round,... read more on Time Out
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  Canadian airborne brigade
  
  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... read more »
  
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  A good old war film for a Saturday afternoon...
  
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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, ... read more »
  
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  Not bad film and i agree similar to dirty dozen.
  
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  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 ... read more »
  
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  Standard WWII fantasyland fare as Holden grabs a thankless detail: create a fit commando troop from a gaggle of down-and-dirty Canadian and American misfits. Big-budget, big-screen treatment and curious assortment of stars doesn't add up to much, but choosing the the Italian Alps as a theatre of ...