Play Dirty
by Andr? De Toth
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Actor: Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green, Patrick JordanDirector: Andr? De Toth
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language); German (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Play Dirty
Movie Review: Michael Caine does another bang up job on this movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I've always been a fan of Mr Cains as far as I can remember, this movie is very good. Well worth owning to your WW2 collection, I like this movie very much and I'd say go and buy this too. You will enjoy it, no bull here.
Summary of Play Dirty
There's no mistaking the 1968 mood of Play Dirty: this cynical war movie could only have been made during the disillusioned Vietnam era, despite its WWII subject. Michael Caine plays a British captain in North Africa, tapped to lead a suicidal mission across the desert to destroy a German fuel depot. He's got a scurvy band of mercenaries to help him (this was a year after The Dirty Dozen, so keep that in mind), although most of the time they seem indifferent to both the job and Caine's survival. Nigel Davenport plays Caine's black-hearted yet lethally competent assistant, possibly the most nihilistic character on the side of the good guys in any war movie. Large patches of the film play without dialogue, including a grueling sequence in which vehicles are winched up the side of a hill, but somehow this adds to the grim, fatalistic atmosphere. The hard edge suits the style of director Andre De Toth, veteran maker of many a B-picture (this was his next-to-last effort). Caine plays it repressed and close to the vest, the better to contrast with Davenport's Mephistophelian soldier of fortune. Oh, and the ending--well, you'll want to stick around for the ending. It was 1968, after all. --Robert HortonThe Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels. This gives him the official rank of Captain in the British Army. The Colonel (Nigel Green) in charge of the Dirty Dozen is told he must have a British officer accompany his men on a dangerous mission 400 miles behind the German lines and is saddled with the Petroleum executive who tries to argue his way out by saying that his contract states he is to only work port duties. That argument is lost on the Brigade Commander (Harry Andrews) who simply points out that the executive is wearing a British uniform. The real leader of the Dirty Dozen (Nigel Davenport) a released prisoner himself doesn't need or want the British officer who's supposed to be in charge but he's promised an extra 2000 British Pounds if he gets him back alive. Disguised as Italians their trek across Rommel's Africa includes meeting and battling many kinds of enemies and the plot twists at the end will keep your interest.System Requirements:Run Time: 117 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG UPC: 027616073914 Manufacturer No: M107391
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