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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792852520
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792852524
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 07, 2002
Running Time: 131 minutes
Sales Rank: 7878
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: May 15, 1968
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
William Holden gives a heroic cool-under-fire performance as the leader of WWII's renowned 1st Special Service Force in this fact-based battle-filled saga that also stars Cliff Robertson.System Requirements:Starring: Vince Edwards William Holden and Cliff Robertson. Running Time: 131 Min. This film is presented in 'Widescreen' format. Copyright 2002 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 027616875778 Manufacturer No: 1003428
Amazon.com:
Dismissed in 1968 as a plodding rip-off of The Dirty Dozen--without that 1967 film's sardonic, antiestablishment satire--The Devil's Brigade now plays like a nostalgic last gasp of the sentimental World War II action genre. Celebrating the 1st Special Service Force (a commando-like unit formed to fight in Norway but ultimately deployed in Italy), this typically broad Andrew V. McLaglen production recounts the teaming of some miscreant GIs with 'the handpicked best of the best-trained army in the world'--the Canadians--under a U.S. officer (William Holden) who had never commanded men in combat. The first hour, heavy on machismo and low comedy, depicts the unit's training at an abandoned base in Montana, with nonstop international rivalry until Yanks and Canadians bond in a lusty saloon brawl. After that, the Germans are easy meat. Holden is solid, as usual, and so is the widescreen work of veteran cameraman William H. Clothier, impeccably rendered on the DVD. --Richard T. Jameson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Classic William Holden
Classic war genre movie, classic William Holden. It would be a good one to round out your collection.
Rating: - I'm particular about war films
There are MANY war flicks that I care little for but this is a good one. The first half of the movie brings together WW II American and British geurilla tactic trainees and, naturally, they fight amongst themselves at first -- but strong comradery ensues.
The filming of their primary mission (after they prove themselves in a preliminary raid, sort of like "The Dirty Dozen") to climb the backside of an impregnable mountain overlook and take out the Nazis and their fortifications is one ... Read More
Rating: - The Devil's Brigade
This is a great WWII movie. It exploits the beginning of the current Rangers and Special forces that we have today. Any task that is given, the movie depicts that the task will be accomplished regardless of cost.
Rating: - A few fun facts about the film
I thought that this film was knock off of the Dirty Dozen myself within the first half hour or so of the movie, but in all honesty I thought that it was a much better movie. And I have always liked the anti-hero image of William Holden. Or I should say the reluctant hero.
Ok, now for the fun facts, that are sports related. If any of you are Green Bay Packer fans, you will notice that one of the lumberjacks in the bar fight scene was played by none other than the Golden Boy, Paul Hornung! ... Read More
Rating:  - Entertaining WWII movie about Special Unit
If you like vintage WWII action movies like The Dirty Dozen you will enjoy the Devil's Brigade. It tells the story of a commando type unit that fights in Italy. The story is pretty simple - a unit comprised of American misfits with Canadian hardcore soliders prepares for combat in Norway. William Holden is well cast as the unit's commander, and he does a solid job of keeping the story moving along.
The action scenes are well done, and the last assault on the German stronghold is pretty ... Read More
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