The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

TV Movie
1985
1h 35m

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5.0/10

2.7K

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Lee Marvin in The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985)

Action War

During WW2, American General Worden orders Major Reisman to pick 12 soldiers from the military prison for the dangerous mission of killing a Nazi General.During WW2, American General Worden orders Major Reisman to pick 12 soldiers from the military prison for the dangerous mission of killing a Nazi General.During WW2, American General Worden orders Major Reisman to pick 12 soldiers from the military prison for the dangerous mission of killing a Nazi General.

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IMDb RATING

5.0/10

2.7K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Television movie debut for Lee Marvin. This is despite appearing in a number of television series episodes and the movie The Killers (1964), which was originally made for television but ended up being released theatrically because it was thought to be too violent for TV.

Goofs
The Uniform Code of Military Justice did not take effect until 1951 yet it is mentioned several times in the movie.

Quotes
Arlen Dregors: [telling his story] We were on patrol in this village. There we five men. Officers. They had this young girl trapped. They each took their turns with her. None of us did nothin' to stop 'em. You see, they were white officers, we were negro soldiers. When they finished, they got into their Jeep and... just drove away. Something just happened inside me.
Maj. John Reisman: You hit a lieutenant in the back of the head at 220 yards. That's a nice shot.
Arlen Dregors: The Army didn't think so.
Maj. John Reisman: But they're prejudiced. I'm not.

Connections
Edited from The Dirty Dozen (1967)

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Colorless, pointless and cartoonish

Nearly twenty years after the original, Major Reisman again played by Lee Marvin gets assigned a new gang of G.I. convicts for another mission. If this had to be made why did it have to be done with the Reisman character. Lee Marvins age clearly showed which hurt the picture. Then to make matters even worse Ernest Borgnine and Richard Jaeckel reprise their roles from the 1967 film. Unlike the original the convicts are colorless, the mission pointless and the end cartoonish. Watch the original and consider the story ended when Charles Bronsons Joseph Wladislaw says at the conclusion `Killing Generals could get to be a habit with me.'