Bernard Archard, Bridget Espeet, Daniel Pilon, George McKeenan, Harry Andrews ...( see more  see more... ) , Michael Caine , Nigel Davenport , Nigel Green , Patrick Jordan

The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels. This gives hi...( read more  read more... )m the official rank of Captain in the British Army. The Colonel (Nigel Green) in charge of the Dirty Dozen is told he must have a British officer accompany his men on a dangerous mission 400 miles behind the German lines and is saddled with the Petroleum executive, who tries to argue his way out by saying that his contract states he is to only work port duties. That argument is lost on the Brigade Commander (Harry Andrews) who simply points out that the executive is wearing a British uniform. The real leader of the Dirty Dozen (Nigel Davenport), a released prisoner himself, doesn't need or want the British officer, who's supposed to be in charge, but he's promised an extra 2,000 British Pounds if he gets him back alive. Disguised as Italians, their trek across Rommel's Africa includes meeting and battling many kinds of enemies and the plot twists at the end will keep your interest.

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DVD Release Date: April 24, 2007

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  • January 21, 2008
    A much too rare movie with a fantastic cast. Certainly the best action movie about desert action during WWII. It is witty and thrilling, I loved it.
  • July 13, 2009
    A loony colonel, who doesn't mind sending his men off to their deaths to prove a point, comes up with a plan to blow up Rommel's fuel supply in Northern Africa (based on centuries old warfare). His backstabbing superior sends the colone's team first, and then, without telling th...( read more)e colonel, sends a heavily armed and supplied unit a day behind them. Michael Caine plays the fish out of water captain who vies constantly for command of the colonel's group with his sergeant (Nigel Davenport). Ill-informed, ill-equipped, and in command of half a dozen criminals and misfits, Caine's group does all the hard work while the other outfit (that Caine's group is unaware of) receives all the credit, including the bombing of Rommel's fuel. Not a single man survives to tell the tale.
  • February 16, 2009
    Another great, tragically over-looked and forgotten war film from the 60s. "Play Dirty" is aptly titled as it features the most unheroic heroes who have no qualms whatsoever about doing whatever they can to a) survive and b) make a little money in the process. The beginning and e...( read more)nding are truly memorable indictments on the stupidity of war and fallacy of the Second World War as being The Good War where only the righteous prevailed.

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