Kelly's Heroes
Dir: Brian G. Hutton
1970
***
Kelly's Heroes is a fun 'light-hearted' War film, typical of its day starring a great cast of misfits, with Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland and Don Rickles stealing the show in equal measure and totally overshadowing the big name star; Clint Eastwood. No one shouts better than Savalas. It's funny how this film was released at the same time as M*A*S*H, with Donald Sutherland playing a not too different character, albeit in a different war, but both films are children of the anti-war movement at the time, with Vietnam very much in peoples minds. It's a silly film, The Italian job goes to war if you will, but it's a great Saturday afternoon film.