𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 & 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙨 𝙂𝙤 𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙒𝙒2 𝙏𝙤 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙡 - "𝙂𝙊𝙇𝘿"~! During World War II, German Colonel Dankhopf (David Hurst) is captured by the Americans, but before he can be interrogated, an artillery barrage hits the camp. However, Lieutenant Kelly (Clint Eastwood) manages to reach the Colonel, get him drunk, and learn that he is on a secret mission to ship sixteen million dollars of gold to a base in France. Kelly is determined to get the gold, and plans for himself and a few of his fellow soldiers to slip into enemy territory and steal the bullion. I still love to watch this movie once or twice a year. So many great actors and such a wild crazy idea during war! I love that Clint Eastwood & Telly Savalas take a group of crazy misfit GI's behind German lines to steal a bank full of GOLD bars!
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles and many other fine actors.
A bit of movie trivia.
01: The movie was mainly filmed in Yugoslavia because the Yugoslavian army still had a large quantity of Sherman tanks in 1970.
02: The three Tiger I tanks used were actually ex-Soviet Army T-34 tanks, converted in great detail by specialists of the Yugoslavian Army. They are not the same ones used in a previous movie, The Battle of Neretva (1969), which were much less well done. The care taken to make the T-34s look like Tiger tanks was notable, most period World War II movies used unmodified modern tanks as their vehicles, with minimal effort to change their appearances, often no more than painting the tanks with gray or yellow with distinctive German crosses. Oddball's (Donald Sutherland's) Sherman's are Yugoslavian Army M4A3E4 Sherman's (post-war U.S. upgraded to 76mm in original 75mm turret).
03: Yugoslavia was chosen as a location mostly because earnings from previous showings of movies there could not be taken out of the country, but could be used to fund the production. Another reason was that in 1969, it was one of the few countries whose Army was still equipped with operating World War II mechanized equipment, German and American. This simplified logistics tremendously.
If you have watched this movie, what would your rating be on a scale of 1 to 10? My reviews will be based upon 1 to 10. With 1 being the lowest and 10 being the best. This movie has a rating of 9.4 out of 10.
On 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮'𝙨 each week I upload episodes of the TV shows that I have. Currently I have (𝟴) different TV series that I upload. I have several other TV series that I will add as I complete one of the below TV series. Each time that I complete uploading a year of each series I will create a 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 for that year. On 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮'𝙨 I will add (1 or 2) movies that evening is possible. The other six days I will try to upload (4 to 6) movies each day. Once I get around 30 movies of a category "Military, Western, etc" I will do a 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀. You will find the title & link to each movie or TV show episodes in the description section when I upload a 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁.
The TV series that I have going right now are:
The Silent Service 1957-1958. I am near the end of the last season on this one.
Combat 1962-1967. I am uploading the 2nd year.
McHale's Navy 1962 - 1966. I am uploading the 2nd year.
Twelve O'clock High 1964 - 1967. I am uploading the 2nd year.
The Rat Patrol 1966 - 1968. I am uploading the 2nd year.
The Untouchables 1959 – 1963. I am uploading the 1st season.
Tombstone Territory 1957 – 1960. I am uploading the 1st season.
Babylon 1993 - 1998 I am uploading the 2nd year.