The Devil's Brigade
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Andrew Prine, Cliff Robertson, Jeremy Slate, Vince Edwards, William Holden Director: Andrew V. McLaglen Brand: Sony Cinematographer: William H. Clothier Producer: David L. Wolper Producer: Julian Ludwig Producer: Theodore Strauss Writer: George Walton Writer: Robert H. Adleman Writer: William Roberts DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 131 minutes DVD Release Date: 2002-05-07 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) |
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Movie Reviews of The Devil's Brigade
Movie Review: Mediocre WW 2 drama
Summary: 3 Stars
"The Devil's Brigade" was a transparent rip off of the classic film "The Dirty Dozen" and paled by comparison. The plots were similar in that a group of miscreants had to be whipped into an effective fighting force. As is typical for these types of films there was an impressive cast lead by a disappointing and seemingly uninspired William Holden playing Col. Robert Frederick. Holden, terrific in countless other war flicks was off his mark in this one.
Holden had to mold a combination of crack Canadian troops lead by spit and polish Maj. Crown played by Cliff Robertson and a rag tag bunch of Americans lead by Maj. Bricker played by cigar chomping Vince Edwards. The parallels between this flick and Dirty Dozen were all too familiar as the troops, initially at odds with each other banded together to form a cohesive fighting unit.
As in DD, the higher ups had doubts about the fitness of Holden's guys, as evidenced by the doubts of Genl. Hunter played by Carroll O'Connor. However he was overruled by Lt. Gen'l Clark played by an aged Michael Rennie who commisssioned the Devil's Brigade to storm a heavily fortified Italian mountaintop position.
The saving grace of the film was the impressive array of character actors lead by Claude Akins as Pvt. Rocky Rockwell and Jack Watson as Canadian Cpl. Peacock, among others.