The Dirty Dozen is quite possibly one of the best war films ever made and ranks up there with the movies released today and in many cases surpasses them.
The story is quite unique; a team of convicts forced into a penal unit with the chance of having their necks saved(literally in most cases since they are to be hung!) if they complete a dangerous mission in occupied France.
The cast includes a number of Hollywood heavy hitters such as Telly Savalas, Charles Bronson and the iron hard Lee Marvin as the unit's Major. The film itself is a great action movie, with plenty of gunfire at the end, but perhaps the best part of the film is the training in the middle where we see this motley band of criminals being turned into a crack fighting force by Marvin's character.
A great war movie and at this price, definitely worth a buy.