Kelly's Heroes (1970)


Kelly's Heroes
Release Date23 June 1970
TaglineNever have so few taken so many for so much.
GenreAction, Adventure, Comedy, War
CountryYugoslavia
USA
Filming LocationsYugoslavia
LanguageEnglish, French, German
Sound MixStereo, 70 mm 6-Track
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassWar Adventure, Military Comedy, Anti-War Film
ThemesUnlikely Heroes, Cons and Scams, Military Life
TonesCynical, Humorous, Biting, Tense, Quirky
TagsGeneral, Gold, Heist, Military, Payroll, Sergeant, War, World War

Kelly's Heroes is an offbeat 1970 comedy/war film about a group of World War II soldiers who go AWOL to rob a bank behind enemy lines. Directed by Brian G. Hutton, who also directed the 1968 World War II drama Where Eagles Dare, the film stars Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, and Carroll O'Connor, with lesser roles played by Harry Dean Stanton, Gavin MacLeod, and Stuart Margolin. The screenplay was written by British film and television writer Troy Kennedy Martin.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Pvt. Kelly

MSgt. Big Joe

SSgt. Crapgame

Maj. Gen. Colt

Sgt. Oddball

Moriarty

Hal Buckley
Capt. Maitland

Pvt. Little Joe

Jeff Morris
Pvt. Cowboy

Pvt. Gutowski

Pvt. Petuko

Cpl. Job

Pvt. Willard

Pvt. Fisher

Gene Collins
Pvt. Babra

Platoon Sgt. Bellamy

David Hurst
Col. Dunkhepf

Fred Pearlman
Pvt. Mitchell

Michael Clark
Pvt. Grace

George Fargo
Pvt. Penn

Dee Pollock
Pvt. Jonesey

1st Sgt. Mulligan

John G. Heller
German lieutenant

Shepherd Sanders
Turk

Karl-Otto Alberty
German tank commander

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

Read Morgan
U.S. lieutenant

Tom Signorelli
Bonsor

Donald Waugh
Roamer

Vincent Maracecchi
Old man in town

M.P. Sergeant

Sister Rosa Stigmata

Joe Mantell
General's Aid

Lee Miller
Soldier #1

Tony Wheeler
Gen. Colt's driver

Director

Brian G. Hutton
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Writer

Troy Kennedy-Martin

Producer

Sidney Beckerman
producer

Gabriel Katzka
producer

Irving L. Leonard
associate producer

Harold Loeb
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Gabriel Figueroa

Editor

John Jympson
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Production Designer

John Barry

Aleksandar Milovic
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Art Director

Veljko Despotovic
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Vladislav Lasic
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Miodrag Miric
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Milan Todorovic
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Set Decorator

Mike Ford
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Makeup Department

Trevor Crole-Rees
makeup artist

Production Manager

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

Stevo Petrovic
assistant director: Yugoslavia

Raymond Becket
third assistant director

Jak King
third assistant director

assistant director

Art Department

Mickey Lennon
property master

Sound Department

Jonathan Bates
sound editor

Cyril Swern
sound

Harry W. Tetrick
sound

Special Effects

Karl Baumgartner
special effects

Stunts

Alf Joint
stunt coordinator, stunts

Phil Adams
stunts

Joe Dunne
stunts

Eddie Eddon
stunts

George Leech
stunts

Jimmy Lodge
stunts

Boyd 'Red' Morgan
stunts

Slavoljub Plavsic-Zvonce
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Dennis Fraser
camera coordinator

H.A.R. Thomson
camera operator: second unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Anna Maria Feo
wardrobe

Editorial Department

Alan Strachan
assistant editor

Other Crew

Alexander Gerry
technical advisor

Gladys Goldsmith
continuity

George Davis
production accountant

Dusan Dimitrijevic
assistant chef: second unit

Lorraine Fennell
production coordinator

production assistant

Production Company

Avala Film
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Katzka-Loeb
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MGM-International Dist.
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

CBS Television

Argentina Video Home
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Cinéma International Corporation (CIC)

DVD Magic

Filmipaja

MGM/UA Home Entertainment

Mainostelevisio (MTV3)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Nelonen

Sandrews

Tuck

United International Pictures (UIP)

Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy

Warner Bros.

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Vídeo
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Miscellaneous

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
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