De l'or pour les braves

Kelly's Heroes is a difficult movie to describe -- somewhat a cross between a good war movie and a black comedy. The chemistry between Savalas, Eastwood, Rickles, and Sutherland really makes this movie. The combat scenes are some of filmdom's best...close to the Kubrick-directed scenes in Dr. Strangelove.

Don't remember when I saw this last, but this is a classic in my view. So many great actors and so many lines that came back to me. War movies like this aren't and can't be made anymore.

A real ripping WW2 adventure yarn, that does not take itself too seriously and mixes rebellious comedy with some serious, thrilling action sequences. A great cast of actors, plus authentic looking clothing and weapons. The whole story is too fantastic to ponder on (to any great depth) but that is all part of the fun. Donald Sutherland as the character 'Oddball', steals the show and the film (with one realistic looking Tiger Tank), has a grand, feel good conclusion,

There will never be a cast of characters brought together for one movie which could compare to this one. Clint Eastwood shows that he can be good at being quite serious, humorous, and even let other people steal scenes without losing presence. The real difference though lies in the rest of the cast which is a group of All-Stars who excel at certain type characters the likes of which you can not find today. Examples: Telly Savalas showing why he would become a MAJOR TV star later, Don Rickles being Don Rickles but keeping his movie character true to the film, Carroll O'Connor showing that greatness was just around the corner for him, and Donald Sutherland is just too good for words. What really makes this movie though is unlike other movies which bring together a lot of big names and top character actors, Kelly's Heroes did not lose focus on the importance of the plot. THe story never gets lost to the characters. Absolutely great job!