Actors and semi-history save the film

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2013)

The 35th infantry was in fact decimated by the Air Corps during the break out (Operation Cobra) and with the addition of a great cast, what with Eastwood, Savalas, Sutherland, Rickles, Stanton (and I'd name the rest but wouldn't have the space!) it saves it from an oft weird and always quirky script. I could go on about the strangeness, but really it all comes down to the recurring theme song 'Burning Bridges' which has about as much to do with the script as the crew of the three Shermans who are at best drunk, and perhaps on other substances attained during the fighting in North Africa (if you catch my drift). All told, not as good as M*A*S*H or Patton (both 1970) but I just saw it again and it's just as much fun as when I first saw it as an 8 year old. See it as it has some priceless lines that I use daily!