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Director:
Brian G. Hutton
Writer:
Troy Kennedy-Martin (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 June 1970 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Comedy | War more
Tagline:
Never have so few taken so many for so much. more
Plot:
A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A two for one movie more (141 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Clint Eastwood ... Pvt. Kelly

Telly Savalas ... MSgt. Big Joe

Don Rickles ... SSgt. Crapgame

Carroll O'Connor ... Maj. Gen. Colt

Donald Sutherland ... Sgt. Oddball (tank commander)

Gavin MacLeod ... Moriarty (tank crewman)
Hal Buckley ... Capt. Maitland
Stuart Margolin ... Pvt. Little Joe
Jeff Morris ... Pvt. Cowboy
Richard Davalos ... Pvt. Gutowski
Perry Lopez ... Pvt. Petuko
Tom Troupe ... Cpl. Job

Harry Dean Stanton ... Pvt. Willard (as Dean Stanton)
Dick Balduzzi ... Pvt. Fisher
Gene Collins ... Pvt. Babra

Len Lesser ... Platoon Sgt. Bellamy (42nd Engineers)
David Hurst ... Col. Dunkhepf
Fred Pearlman ... Pvt. Mitchell
Michael Clark ... Pvt. Grace
George Fargo ... Pvt. Penn
Dee Pollock ... Pvt. Jonesey
George Savalas ... 1st Sgt. Mulligan (artillerly unit)
John G. Heller ... German lieutenant (as John Heller)

Shepherd Sanders ... Turk (tank crewman)
Karl-Otto Alberty ... German tank commander (as Karl Otto Alberty)
Ross Elliott ... Booker
Phil Adams ... Third Tank Commander
Hugo De Vernier ... French mayor
Frank J. Garlotta ... Tanker
Harry Goines ... Supply sergeant
David Gross ... German captain
Sandy Kevin ... Second Tank Commander
James McHale ... Guest
Robert MacNamara ... Roach (as Robert McNamara)
Read Morgan ... U.S. lieutenant
Tom Signorelli ... Bonsor
Donald Waugh ... Roamer
Vincent Maracecchi ... Old man in town
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Picerni ... M.P. Sergeant (scenes deleted)

John Landis ... Sister Rosa Stigmata (uncredited)
Joe Mantell ... General's Aid (uncredited)
Lee Miller ... Soldier #1 (uncredited)
Tony Wheeler ... Gen. Colt's driver (corporal) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Brian G. Hutton 
 
Writing credits
Troy Kennedy-Martin (written by) (as Troy Kennedy Martin)

Produced by
Sidney Beckerman .... producer
Gabriel Katzka .... producer
Irving L. Leonard .... associate producer
Harold Loeb .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Lalo Schifrin 
 
Cinematography by
Gabriel Figueroa 
 
Film Editing by
John Jympson 
 
Production Design by
John Barry  (as Jonathan Barry)
Aleksandar Milovic (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
Veljko Despotovic (uncredited)
Vladislav Lasic (uncredited)
Miodrag Miric (uncredited)
Milan Todorovic (uncredited)
 
Set Decoration by
Mike Ford 
 
Makeup Department
Trevor Crole-Rees .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Terry Lens .... production manager
Basil Somner .... in charge of production
Milenko Stankovic .... production manager: Yugoslavia
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John C. Chulay .... assistant director
Andrew Marton .... second unit director
Stevan Petrovic .... assistant director: Yugoslavia (as Stevo Petrovic)
Raymond Becket .... third assistant director (uncredited)
Jak King .... third assistant director (uncredited)
John Landis .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Mickey Lennon .... property master (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Jonathan Bates .... sound editor
Cyril Swern .... sound
Harry W. Tetrick .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Karl Baumgartner .... special effects (as Karli Baumgartner)
 
Stunts
Alf Joint .... stunt coordinator
Phil Adams .... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Dunne .... stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Eddon .... stunts (uncredited)
Alf Joint .... stunts (uncredited)
George Leech .... stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy Lodge .... stunts (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan .... stunts (uncredited)
Slavoljub Plavsic-Zvonce .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Dennis Fraser .... camera coordinator
H.A.R. Thomson .... camera operator: second unit
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anna Maria Feo .... wardrobe (as Anna Maria Fea)
 
Editorial Department
Alan Strachan .... assistant editor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Richard Hazard .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Alexander Gerry .... technical advisor (as Major Alexander A.G. Gerry)
Gladys Goldsmith .... continuity
George Davis .... production accountant (uncredited)
Dusan Dimitrijevic .... assistant chef: second unit (uncredited)
Lorraine Fennell .... production coordinator (uncredited)
John Landis .... production assistant (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ratnici (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
The Warriors (USA) (working title)
El botín de los valientes (Argentina) (Chile) (Mexico) (TV title) (Peru) [es]
De l'or pour les braves (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Stoßtrupp Gold (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Çilgin savasçilar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Camarazii lui Kelly (Romania) [ro]
I guerrieri (Italy) [it]
Iroes me vromika heria (Greece) [el]
Kelijevi heroji (Serbia) (cable TV title) [sr]
Kelly hösei (Hungary) [hu]
Kellyn sankarit (Finland) [fi]
Kellys helte (Denmark) [da]
Kellys hjältar (Sweden) [sv]
Los violentos de Kelly (Spain) [es]
Os guerreiros Pilantras (Brazil) [pt]
Vromikoi iroes (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
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Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
144 min
Country:
Yugoslavia | USA
Language:
English | French | German
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | UK:A (original rating) | Spain:13 | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | New Zealand:PG | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (alternate rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1970) | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Yugoslavia
Company:
Avala Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Donald Sutherland became seriously ill during filming on location in Yugoslavia. His wife received a telegram telling her to come immediately but warning her that he would probably be dead before she arrived. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Kelly goes to see Mulligan to arrange the artillery bombardment on the crossroads, he is carrying the bottle of whiskey that Crapgame gives him a few scenes later. more
Quotes:
Big Joe: Now when I come back, I want that farmhouse not only clean but completely decorated. Do you understand that? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in We Are Marshall (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Burning Bridges more

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18 out of 24 people found the following comment useful.
A two for one movie, 26 February 1999
Author: Tom Schmid (toms@uxdev1.atl.hp.com) from Atlanta, GA

Kelly's Heros brilliantly mixes your average war movie with a bank robbery movie to come up with a plot that's entirely unique.

Equipped with an all-star cast, Clint Eastwood and Telly Savalas play the straight guys to the comic antics of Donald Sutherland and Don Rickles. The movie makes no moral judgements about bad guys and good guys and simply shows the characters of both sides a path to redemption in the midst of war. In addition, the theme song, "Burning Bridges" is rendered with a youthful tone by the Mike Curb Congregation, which reminds us that in reality, people not much removed from childhood are the ones sent into battle.

We cheer when they get their just rewards.

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