Great cast great chemistry

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2014)

Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) is given a suicide mission by General Worden (Ernest Borgnine) to create havoc on the eve of D-day. He is ordered to pick 12 prisoners for the mission to parachute behind enemy lines to take out high ranking generals in a rest house. The dozen includes Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Robert Ryan, George Kennedy among others.
The action takes awhile to get started. He has to interview them and that isn't very exciting. The training and the bonding is enjoyable. The guys are some of the best actors around and they project some fun for their roles. But the incentives aren't right. Without a full pardon, the men are most likely to run away. They have a better chance even as POWs. It's also very unlikely to have non-Germans go behind the lines if they mean to infiltrate. Nevertheless, the great cast makes this a manly fun time.