Kelly's Heroes

(1970)

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"They set out to rob a bank... and damn near won a war instead!"

Lieutenant Kelly (Clint Eastwood) is an atypical Army man who, while boozing with a captured German general, learns of $16 million worth of gold bars behind enemy lines. Kelly reveals a plan to his fellow soldiers: They will use their upcoming three-day passes to sneak into enemy territory, steal the gold, bury it, and return after the war to divide it among themselves. Kelly sets the heist in motion, backed by a wonderfully colorful cast of characters that includes Donald Sutherland as the appropriately named Oddball, a hippie tank driver; Don Rickles as Crapgame, a hustler and arms supplier; Telly Savalas as the skeptical sergeant who goes along for the ride; and Carroll O'Connor as the egotistical General Colt, who is glad to be mistaken for General Eisenhower.

• The film was originally titled "The Warriors".
• It was filmed on location in Yugoslavia.
• The director was Brian G. Hutton, who had previously directed Where Eagles Dare.
• A record was made of Clint singing "Burning Bridges", the theme song from the film, but it was never released.

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