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@ISimpson73 True. I think they dubbed his voice too.

@Dirty12FanPage One of the few times around that time when he wasn't playing a German

Folks, join me in wishing George Roubicek a happy 91st today. George played the unfortunate Pvt. Gardiner in The Dirty Dozen and also appeared in Star Wars, Doctor Who & a couple of Bond movies. He's still alive & kicking & no doubt enjoying his big day. Cheers George.

On this Memorial Day we remind you that a whopping 11 Dirty Dozen cast members (oh for one more to make a Dozen) served in the armed forces. Check out our thread on this below. Thank you for your service gentlemen.

@kelly_ques Lee Marvin 😢

What is the first celebrity death you remember being affected by?

This Memorial Day weekend we remember those "Who gave their lives in the line of duty." Thank you for your service (except maybe Archer Maggot).

Name a role you think was perfectly cast.

@rbcoach13 Great choice!

“A gentleman from the South was inquiring about the dining arrangements. He and his comrades are discussing place settings right now”- The Dirty Dozen

@BacontimeBlog Not Clint's finest hour...

@Dirty12FanPage KILLDOZER

We remembered Clint Walker yesterday on the anniversary of his passing & here's a pic of the last time we see Posey in The Dirty Dozen. We don't see him perish & "official" files list him as MIA. Curiously, in the original shooting script, he survives so where the hell is Posey!?

@Fcsnva That works!

@Dirty12FanPage I think Posey got lost in the military bureaucracy, and was ultimately discharged and sent home without ever getting any credit for being part of the mission. He ended up working in the oil fields in Oklahoma, and just happy to be alive.

Drop a great pair of eyes from movies...

@Fcsnva My only fear is that I'm hearing rumours it'll be set in the modern day. Nowadays they wouldn't send a squad in to murder bad guys in a chateau, they'd just take the thing out with a surgical strike. It's a WW2 story for crying out loud.

@Dirty12FanPage No need to remake The Dirty Dozen, it is fine just like it is, but I'm game to play casting a remake just the same.

So this is still in development after 7 years. Coming soon and just for fun, a long thread on recasting The Dirty Dozen in which we'll do a character a day. I'll be interested to hear your picks when we get going. #utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=social_bar&utm_content=bottom&utm_id=1203439997" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">variety.com/2019/film/news…

Today we remember the mighty Clint Walker who we, of course, know and love as Samson Posey. We lost Clint OTD 8 years ago at the ripe old age of 90 and boy do we miss him.

@DavidAyerMovies Any update Mr. Ayer? 😁

Uh that’s the Dirty Dozen script I’m rewriting (checks watch) yeah um back to work 😬 #writing

@Kristinartz No dry eyes at the end of this scene in The Dirty Dozen.

I need a movie that will absolutely destroy me emotionally, like ugly crying, can't breathe type. Any suggestions..

@CapnBennett @mikemoviez You said it!

@mikemoviez The Dirty Dozen. Lee Marvin doing his hard-as-fucking-nails bit, while massacring Nazis alongside Charles Bronson, et al., is why cinema was invented in the first place.

Which do you like most? 🤔 "The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi."

@_dxllz7 The Dirty Dozen

Name the most re-watchable movie in history

Yet another anniversary of a Dirty Dozen cast member's passing. Today we remember suave character actor Robert Webber who we lost OTD in 1989. Robert played General Denton, one of the architects of Operation Amnesty. Godspeed Robert.

The man Hollywood called “dangerous” died August 29, 1987, in Tucson, Arizona, after his heart gave out at 63. But truth is, Lee Marvin had been staring death down since June 1944. Because before he was an Oscar winner, before he was the scariest man on screen, he was Private First Class Marvin, U.S. Marine Corps. He was born Lamont Waltman Marvin Jr. on February 19, 1924, in New York City. School couldn’t hold him. “I was a hellion,” he admitted years later. “Too much energy, not enough sense.” At 18, he found the one place that had both: the Marines. Then came Saipan. Machine-gun fire ripped through his squad. Marvin took rounds that shredded his sciatic nerve. His war was over. The Purple Heart was official. The nightmares weren’t. “You go to war and two things happen,” he once said. “You grow up fast, or you don’t grow up at all.” He came home different. Quieter. Watching. Acting found him by accident. Stage work. TV jobs. Hollywood took one look at him and flinched. This wasn’t a matinee idol. This was a man who’d seen things. In The Big Heat (1953), he poured scalding coffee on a woman’s face and smiled. Audiences didn’t forget it. In The Wild One (1953), he pulled focus from Brando without even trying. “I don’t play villains,” Marvin said. “I play people who stopped apologizing.” Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) proved he could weaponize silence. One look. That’s all he needed. Then M Squad (1957) made him America’s living room detective. Lieutenant Frank Ballinger didn’t do speeches. He did truth. “Authority isn’t a costume,” Marvin told a reporter. “Either you have it, or you don’t. The camera knows.” And then he shocked everyone. Cat Ballou (1965). Two roles. One drunk. One deadly. He made both hilarious and heartbreaking. The Academy gave him Best Actor. His response? “I guess the joke’s on me.” Marvin believed acting was in the details. The scuff on a boot. The way a cigarette shakes. “Wardrobe does 50% of the work,” he said. “The other 50% is what you’ve lived through.” And boy, had he lived. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) made him a Western icon. The Professionals (1966) showed he could lead men. The Dirty Dozen (1967) turned him into a box office general. Point Blank (1967) was ice cold revenge before it was cool. None of it felt fake. Because it wasn’t. His life off-screen was just as unvarnished. A brutal divorce. A court battle that changed U.S. law. Years spent in Arizona, fishing, far from the red carpets. “I’m not part of their club,” he said of Hollywood. “Never wanted to be.” His final masterpiece took him back to where it started. In The Big Red One (1980), he played the Sergeant. Tired. Haunted. Real. “That kid who landed on Saipan never left me,” he confessed. “I just got older carrying him.” When Lee Marvin was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, the circle closed. Marine. Actor. Man. All in the same grave. He didn’t pretend to be tough. He didn’t have to. “A man’s past is written on his face,” he once said. “You can cover it with makeup. But the lens sees through it.” Lee Marvin’s lens never lied. Digital Artwork | AI Generated Image by Fresh Mind |