During World War II a German Colonel is captured by the Americans but before he can be interrogated an artillery barrage hits the camp. However, Ex-Lieutenant Kelly manages to reach the Colonel, get him drunk and learn that he is on a secret mission to ship $16,000,000 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. –IMDb
Brian G. Hutton (born January 1, 1935 in New York City, New York) is a film director whose most notable credit is for the 1970 action classic Kelly’s Heroes. —Wikipedia
Un film de guerre assez méconnu pourtant très bien réalisé avec de l'humour de très bons acteurs !
Really more of a comic heist movie than a two-fisted action movie, though it does have plenty of rousing action scenes. A great cast of all-star character actors (it's really saying something when Clint Eastwood is overshadowed) and Hutton keeps the story clipping along even at two and a half hours. Maybe not quite as consistent as 'The Dirty Dozen', which it's clearly trying to emulate, but a whole lot of fun.