The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission 1988

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Adventure War Action

A renegade team of World War II soldiers. This time, one of the 12 is a woman and, with a Nazi spy within their midst, they're up against German wartime geniuses out to establish a Fourth Reich.

Release Date 1988-11-10
Runtime 1h 34m
Directors Lee H. Katzin, Tomislav Pinter, Jim Weatherill, Zvonimir Ilijić, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Producers Mel Swope, Boris Gregorić
Writers Lukas Heller, Nunnally Johnson, Mark Rodgers

Third TV version of the story has Savalas back as the leader of 12 convicts on a desperate mission to attack a train carrying a dozen Nazis selected to be the next generation of mad Reich leaders. After the usual training sequences and the traditional visit of the whores, Savalas learns there is a traitor in the team. It culminates in an explosive scene involving the train as a few of the twelve survive. Shot in Croatia, this has a very professional look and is hugely entertaining if violent and familiar fare. Unlikely addition of hot babe Thomas is a welcome diversion. The cast contains a number of tough guy, grizzled performers who easily fit into the rigorous action.

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