"Killin' generals could get to be a habit with me." - The Dirty Dozen The year 1967 saw the release of such recognized classics as Bonnie & Clyde, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, Cool Hand Luke and In The Heat of the Night. But a plucky, oddball, unconventional and controversial war movie with lousy reviews outgrossed them all. The Dirty Dozen, with its incredible ensemble of players portraying angry criminals and misfits, forced into a suicide mission by people in power, resonated with audiences living through political turmoil, societal change, and the escalation of the Vietnam War. The film was not only an unanticipated sleeper hit, but went on to garner four Academy Awards, and is now regarded as one of the most popular WWII movies of all time. KILLIN' GENERALS: The Making of The Dirty Dozen, the Most Iconic WWII Movie of All Time (on-sale April 25, 2023) takes its name from a line in the film. Released in 1967 and directed by Robert Aldrich, the film has resonating themes of redemption, loyalty, hypocrisy, competition, brutality, antiauthoritarianism, and nonconformity, in a killer plot performed by an all star cast. Its star power included Donald Sutherland, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, George Kennedy, football player-turned-actor Jim Brown, and John Cassavetes, who would go on to win an Academy Award. It also transformed Lee Marvin's career, moving from supporting character to major movie star. While film critics saw it as hopelessly flawed and even immoral, audiences ate it up - and today it's considered a classic and in the pantheon of great war movies. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/arroe-collins-unplugged-totally-uncut--994165/support.