THE DIRTY DOZEN

7MATE, Monday, 8.30pm, M (1967)

Lee Marvin (pictured). Ernest Borgnine. Telly Savalas. Charles Bronson. John Cassavetes. George Kennedy. With names like these, how can you go wrong? Some of the US Army’s toughest mercenaries are dumped behind Nazi lines near D-Day, and told to find their own way home. Robert Aldrich’s anti-war action flick takes you on a tough-guy ride full of sensational action sequences and uber-masculine soldier banter that doesn’t let up. A classic.