For the on line celebration of movies released during the year of 1967 I have selected the WW2 classic from MGM studios. I had intended to do something on Lee Marvin and company the moment I started this blog so this was a good time to do so. Join me in watching this live take on the film as well as checking out the titles selected by other sites that Silver Screenings and The Rosebud Cinema were kind enough to put together. If anything, this will prove to you that I am no Lee Marvin!
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I’m not usually one for the “group of men on a mission” movie (as you put it), but I really like “The Dirty Dozen”. Great cast, as you pointed out, especially Lee Marvin who is PERFECT in this role.
Thanks for joining our blogathon and for reviewing the Men on a Mission Movie that started it all! 🙂
Thanks for having me. As is usual there is more I would probably have said on viewing the take but it is kind of fun to do these with my sons helping out.
great great overview and many fun details of one of my fav films. I love the male ensemble action movie and this is example number one of that type, with a cast that can’t be beat. Gives a good look into that year and who was who, or starting out– 67 was some year for Marvin.
Lee was at the top of his game for sure and lost in here is the fact that his performance here is perfect as well.
Ha. I just realized that Point Blank came out in the same year this did (hey, I was only 3 years old then!). Anyway, great video post, sir!
Hey thanks for stopping by. Had to do a live take and hopefully my love for the film came thru.
Oh, that live take made it work. I’m keeping an eye on TCM’s schedule so I can make sure to see it again the next time they run it. I did see it earlier this year, but it’s definitely a film you want to see again when it’s recommended like this…
Thankyou for the kind response. Come back anytime.
Nice video post, Mike! You did this “man on a mission” classic justice. Glad to see you point people in the direction of some other good Lee Marvin pics, like EMPEROR OF THE NORTH. They’ll never be another Lee Marvin. Or, for that matter, another Charles Bronson…or Robert Ryan, George Kennedy, Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, etc.
Thanks for stopping in and yes I am always pushing Lee Marvin when given the chance. Doesn’t hurt when he is surrounded by Bronson and company. Have you seen the fine film Lee and Charlie did years later, Death Hunt?
Ah! Movies as they were meant to be seen – late at night with commercials. With dad on a school night would make it even better.
That’s the way I fondly remember this one for the first time. 🙂
Does anyone watch this and NOT pretend to be Lee Marvin?? What’s wrong with ’em?! The Dirty Dozen is one of the few all-male movies I tolerate, simply because it’s so good. Some of the earliest reviews of this were very dismissive of the ‘wanton’ violence and the irresponsibility of the premise, but watching this with a contemporary eye it looks almost tame!
So many things from the past are tame by todays standards. The thing with this group of actors is they don’t need perfect muscle bound bodies to look tough, they just had it and could scare with just one look.
Great take on this film! I really enjoy Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin is OK, but you got me at Donald Duck: I need to see this movie because of Donald! 😀
Don’t forget to read my contribution to the blogathon! 🙂
Greetings!
http://criticaretro.blogspot.com.br/2014/06/o-fabuloso-dr-dolittle-doctor-dolittle.html
Thanks for popping by and I did read your Garbo – Gilbert posting. One of those great romances from the early days when Hollywood was new and exciting.
Can not say anything that has not already been said about this movie. I am sure I will be quoting somebody if I say “This is a genuine classic with an amazing cast”
“They don’t make’em like this anymore to be sure” As I say in the video, my hands down stock answer to the question people pose to me. “Mike, what’s your favorite movie?”
yes I noticed that but the only problem with that is its like asking a parent “which is your favourite child?” but it is defiantly well up there in my list of top 20 fav’s
I have like 50 films in my top 10. 🙂 Dozen is my stock answer for number 1.
Shawshank would be my stock answer