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Rating: 7/10 (24 November 2018)

I was not much entertained by this old WW2 epic. Felt slow. Probably I have seen many similarly themed movies by now which were spawned by this one. A colourful gang of allied forces military/criminals were recruited to do a focussed attack behind enemy/german lines during the later part of WW2. They were led by a Rebellious type Army colonel- Lee marvin. I liked his portrayal. The team consisted of later day famous actors including Charles bronson, Donald sutherland etc. I particularly liked the actor of the role of Franco. He got nominated for some awards including Oscar.
The preparation for the final project went on very long and in some parts were enjoyable. Ego issues between the team and the other army divisions were well depicted.
The ultimate attack had a lesser screen time. The germans felt caricatures to me. May be the time this movie was made has been to far from my time now.
There is no important lady character here. Those who like world war movies in a light hearted way will like this one.