Movie
Play Dirty
Overview
During World War II in North Africa, a group of British commandos disguised as Italian soldiers must travel behind enemy lines and destroy a vital Nazi oil depot.
Details
- Release date
- 1969-01-02
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- War, Adventure, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lowndes Productions Limited, United Artists
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Caine as Capt. Douglas
- Nigel Davenport as Capt. Cyril Leech
- Nigel Green as Col. Masters
- Harry Andrews as Brig. Blore
- Patrick Jordan as Maj. Alan Watkins
- Daniel Pilon as Capt. Attwood (Blore's adjutant at Special Forces HQ)
- Bernard Archard as Col. Homerton
- Aly Ben Ayed as Sadok
- Enrique Ávila as Kafkarides
- Mohsen Ben Abdallah as Hassan
- Mohamed Kouka as Assine
- Takis Emmanuel as Kostas Manou
Crew
- André de Toth - Director
- André de Toth - Writer
- Lotte Colin - Screenplay
- Melvyn Bragg - Screenplay
- George Marton - Story
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