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Kelly's Heroes (1970)

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Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 14
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 2

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Release Date: Jun 23, 1970 Wide

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Like M*A*S*H and Catch-22, both released the same year, this military comedy takes place in an earlier war but is really a thinly disguised treatise on the modern-day insanity and avariciousness then unfolding in Vietnam. Clint Eastwood stars as Kelly, a former lieutenant whose illusions about the glory of war, if he has any, are lost when he is busted in rank for following some poorly considered orders in World War II France. After capturing a friendly German officer, Kelly learns the

PG, 2 hr. 23 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Brian G. Hutton , Brian Hutton

Written By: Troy Kennedy Martin, Albert Espinosa, Pau Freixas

In Theaters: Jun 23, 1970 Wide

On DVD: Aug 1, 2000

MGM

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Cast

Clint Eastwood
Kelly
Telly Savalas
Big Joe
Don Rickles
Crap Game
Carroll O'Connor
Gen. Colt
Donald Sutherland
Oddball
Gavin MacLeod
Moriarty
Hal Buckley
Maitland
Stuart Margolin
Little Joe
Jeff Morris
Cowboy
Dick Davalos
Gutowski
Perry Lopez
Petuko
Tom Troupe
Job
Harry Dean Stanton
Willard
Dick Balduzzi
Fisher
Gene Collins
Babra
Len Lesser
Bellamy
Fred Pearlman
Mitchell
Michael Clark
Grace
Dee Pollock
Jonesy
George Savalas
Mulligan
Shepherd Sanders
Turk
Ross Elliott
Booker
Hugo de Vernier
French Mayor
George Fargo
Penn
John Heller
German Lieutenant
David Hurst
Col. Dankhopf
Sandy Kevin
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
American Lieutenant
Tom Signorelli
Bonsor
Karl Otto Alberty
German Tank Commander
Phil Adams
Tank Commanders
Robert McNamara
Roach
David Gross
German Captain
Donald Waugh
Roamer
Richard Clark
Eva Santolaria
Lluis Homar
Emma Su�rez
Nerea Camacho
Alex Brendem�hl

Critic Reviews for Kelly's Heroes

All Critics (16) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (2) | DVD (10)

...mostly a lighthearted romp. (Blu-ray Action Double Feature)

July 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

...the filmmakers clearly intended the movie to be a carefree caper, and if one views it that way, it can pass an entertaining few hours.

July 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

A strange but mostly satisfying hybrid of WWII actioner and anti-war satire... [Blu-ray]

June 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

Much fun amongst WWII w/Eastwood, Savalas, Sutherland, and Rickles.

February 19, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

It was too crudely done to have much effect as satire.

December 31, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Funny and entertaining

May 24, 2005 Comment

Tony Medley

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Isn't really about the Second World War, but rather about the senselessness of the Vietnam War . . .

March 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Movie Gurus

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James O'Ehley

Movie Gurus Source: Movie Gurus

Very entertaining war movie with just the right touch of Vietnam-era cynicism

November 6, 2003 Comment

Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

One of the best WWII films ever made.

August 8, 2002 Comment

KJB

IGN Movies

The bastard father of Three Kings

July 26, 2002 Comments (2)

David Poland

Hot Button

Unclear notions of heroism and crime ... packaged as escapist, mainstream entertainment

January 1, 2000 Full Review | Comment (1)

Shane Burridge

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Audience Reviews for Kelly's Heroes

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This military comedy about the hunt for millions of dollars in gold bars makes war look more like an adventure than an actual threat. Sure, people die and there is plenty of suspense, but the overall mood of the film is rather cheerful. That's mostly thanks to a motley cast, including tongue-tied Eastwood, grumpy

June 15, 2006

Jens S.

Super Reviewer

Kelly's Heroes is an overrated movie in my opinion. I like Donald Sutherland a lot and I hadn't seen a movie in which I didn't like him until now. His character is annoying and really ruined the movie for me. It wasn't just him though. I hated Don Rickles and Carroll O'Connor too. I didn't find this movie funny at all

June 20, 2011

Melvin White

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Kelly's Heroes Quotes

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1. Crap Game: [into field phone] Hogan? Yeah, it's me. Listen... I gotta favor to ask ya. Will you quit cryin... I haven't even asked ya yet! What the Hell's the matter with you?
– Submitted by Francis L (20 days ago)
1. Big Joe: [shouting to the captured German Colonel] Look! We're not worried about the German army, we've got enough troubles of our own. To the right General Patton, to the left the British Army, to the rear our own goddamn artillery, and besides all that it's raining. And the only good thing to say about the weather: it keeps our air corps from blowing us all to Hell because its too lousy to fly, versteh?
2. Col. Dankhopf: [he understands] Ja, ja, versteh.
3. Big Joe: Okay.
– Submitted by Francis L (20 days ago)
1. Big Joe: [shouting in the radio] Look, Mulligan! I don't think I'm getting through to you! You're dropping your damn barrage on our position! The reason you can't hear me is because you're firing your mortars at your end, and they're dropping here, on our end! No, the Krauts are not here! We're here! Mulligan, your bombs are coming down on our head! I don't know where the Krauts are! Just lift your goddamn barrage! Over!
– Submitted by Francis L (20 days ago)
1. Oddball: A Sherman can give you a very nice... edge.
– Submitted by Francis L (20 days ago)

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