Top Notch Cast, Entertaining Action-Comedy

Rating: 9/10 (20 April 2020)

Can't beat the cast in this. Eastwood, Savalas, Rickles, Sutherland, Carrell O'Connor star in this great ensemble cast movie, part WW2 story, part comedy, part caper movie. Made in 1970 at the height of Vietnam, it also has a bit of an anti-war statement as Kelly (Eastwood) a former officer who's been busted to PFC, is able to convince the rest of his unit under the command their Master Sgt(Savalas) that instead of getting killed for swapping real estate with the Germans, it makes more sense to rob a bank behind German lines that they've discovered has $10M in gold. Rickles and Sutherland really steal every scene as Rickles plays Crapgame, a Sgt & con man who runs a supply depot and can get Kelly all the armament and supplies needed and Sutherland plays Sgt Oddball, an early hippie with a tank unit that they will need to blast open the bank. Virtually all officers are portrayed as ignorant and self serving idiots in KH-ii may be their war but it's the enlisted man's fight. It's mostly comedic, but there's some good action scenes. 50 years later it's still fun to watch, not dated.