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Kelly's Heroes (1970)
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Like M*A*S*H and
Catch-22
, both released the same year, this military comedy takes place in an earlier war but is really a thinly disguised treatise on the modern-day insanity and avariciousness then unfolding in Vietnam.
Clint Eastwood
stars as Kelly, a former lieutenant whose illusions about the glory of war, if he has any, are lost when he is busted in rank for following some poorly considered orders in World War II France. After capturing a friendly German officer, Kelly learns the whereabouts of millions of dollars in gold bars, earmarked to finance a military payroll. Taking advantage of a three-day liberty, Kelly assembles a motley trio of fellow soldiers to help him sneak behind enemy lines and retrieve the booty. They include Big Joe (
Telly Savalas
), a gruff sergeant; Crapgame (
Don Rickles
), a supply sergeant already enriching himself as a black marketer and con man; and the hippie-like tank commander Oddball (
Donald Sutherland
). Since crossing into enemy-held territory means heading in the opposite direction of the retreating Allies, Kelly and his men encounter armed resistance. Receiving word of their campaign, the vain General Colt (
Carroll O'Connor
) mistakes the quartet of freelancing scam artists for all-American heroes. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Cast
Hal Buckley
Maitland
Michael Clark
Grace
Gene Collins
Babra
Dick Davalos
Gutowski
Ross Elliott
Booker
Len Lesser
Bellamy
Perry Lopez
Petuko
Gavin MacLeod
Moriarty
Jeff Morris
Cowboy
Carroll O'Connor
Gen. Colt
Dee Pollock
Jonesy
Don Rickles
Crap Game
Shepherd Sanders
Turk
George Savalas
Mulligan
Harry Dean Stanton
Willard
Donald Sutherland
Oddball
Tom Troupe
Job
Clint Eastwood
Kelly
Stuart Margolin
Little Joe
Telly Savalas
Big Joe
Dick Balduzzi
Fisher
Fred Pearlman
Mitchell
Production Crew
Gabriel Figueroa
Cinematographer
Lalo Schifrin
Composer (Music Score)
Alexander Gerry
Consultant/advisor
Anna Maria Fea
Costume Designer
Brian G. Hutton
Director
John Jympson
Editor
Trevor Crole-Rees
Makeup
Gabriel Katzka
Producer
Harold Loeb
Producer
Sidney Beckerman
Producer
John Barry
Production Designer
Troy Kennedy Martin
Screenwriter
Andrew Marton
Second Unit Director
Michael Ford
Set Designer
Mike Ford
Set Designer
Gene Lees
Songwriter
Michael Curb
Songwriter
Cyril Swern
Sound/Sound Designer
Harry W. Tetrick
Sound/Sound Designer
Karl Baumgartner
Special Effects
Alf Joint
Stunts
Year: 1970
Runtime: 145
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG
Category: Feature
Genre
Comedy
War
Color type
Metrocolor
Produced by
MGM
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