The Devil's Brigade

Starring: William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, et al.

Product Description

A U.S. colonel makes a commando unit out of a Canadian major's crack troops and a U.S. major's misfit troops.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 027616875778
• Release Date: May 2014
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
• Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
• Starring: William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Michael Rennie, Dana Andrews, Gretchen Wyler, Andrew Prine, Claude Akins, Carroll O'Connor, Richard Jaeckel
• Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

Die Teufelsbrigade

It is the height of the Second World War. Someone decided it was time to have a Joint Readiness Brigade. Many did not want to see it succeed, so it consisted of the bottom of the barrel US troops and crack Canadian troops. Naturally, to head this up was Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick (William Holden), Maj. Alan Crown (Cliff Robertson), and Maj. Cliff Bricker (Vince Edwards). The film is a formula (a “Dirty Dozen” knockoff) where they must give a ragtag motley crew the incentive to become a cohesive fighting machine with a will to win in unorthodox ways. In the process, they will become Die Teufelsbrigade or The Devil’s Brigade. I have to admit that this is fun to watch over again as we see the slow metamorphoses and ask what I would do in their shoes.