The Dirty Dozen

1967 UK-US film directed by Robert Aldrich
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Summary

The Dirty Dozen is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,424 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing[3]
  • Director: Robert Aldrich[4]
  • Screenwriter: Nunnally Johnson[5], Lukas Heller[6]
  • Composer: Frank De Vol[7]
  • Movement: New Hollywood[8]
  • Genre: war film[9], drama film[10], action film[11]
  • Based on: The Dirty Dozen[12]
  • Followed by: The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission[13]
  • Cast member: Lee Marvin[14], Ernest Borgnine[15], Charles Bronson[16], Jim Brown[17], John Cassavetes[18], Richard Jaeckel[19], George Kennedy[20], Trini Lopez[21], Ralph Meeker[22], Robert Ryan[23], Telly Savalas[24], Donald Sutherland[25], Robert Webber[26], Clint Walker[27]
  • Producer: Kenneth Hyman[28]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[29]
  • Director of photography: Edward Scaife[30]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[31], German[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 8/10[34], 82%[35], 73/100[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: United States[38], United Kingdom[39]
  • Publication date: June 15, 1967[40], September 21, 1967[41], October 22, 1967[42], November 9, 1967[43]
  • Distributed by: MOKÉP[44], Netflix[45]
  • Narrative location: United Kingdom[46], Brittany[47]
  • Main subject: World War II[48]
  • Film editor: Michael Luciano[49]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor[50], Academy Award for Best Sound Editing[51], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[52], Academy Award for Best Sound[53]
  • Title: The Dirty Dozen[54]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[55]

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Adaptations and Inspiration

The Dirty Dozen's after a work by is recorded as Erwin M. Nathanson[56].

Why It Matters

The Dirty Dozen has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

FAQs

What awards did The Dirty Dozen receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Sound Editing[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . mojtv.hr. Retrieved . mojtv.hr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Production designer → Asa Hutchinson
    Set in period → 1944, World War II, 20th century +1
    Publication date → +1967-06-15T00:00:00Z, +1967-09-21T00:00:00Z, +1967-10-22T00:00:00Z +1
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