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Killin' Generals, by Dwayne Epstein

Jun 09, 20231 min
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The Making of The Dirty Dozen, the Most Iconic WW II Movie of All Time.

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With the WBZ book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. Movie lovers might like this one. Killing Generals The Making of the Dirty Dozen, most iconic World War Two movie of all time. It's by Dwayne Epstein, and it comes to mind with the recent passing of actor and football star Jim Brown. This film tells the inside story of the ragtag group of criminals and nutcases coming under the command of Lee Marvin, who takes them on a suicide mission to destroy a

Nazi compound. I love the film. I've seen it many times, enjoying the work of Robert Ryan and Charles Bronson, John Cassavetti's Lee Marvin, of course, and at his villainous best, Telly Savalis. It's a late sixties film that inspired many directors, a war movie that became an all time cult classic, breaking a lot of rules along the way. Killing Generals The Making of the Dirty Dozen, the most iconic World War Two movie of all time. The Book Club WWZ Boston's news radio

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