Dirty Dozen, The
Date: 1967
Director: Robert Aldrich
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), MKH, Seven Arts Productions
Stars: Lee Marvin, Richard Jaeckel, Charles Bronson, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker, Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Trini Lopez, Robert Webber
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, London
Region(s): London C-D, South East A-D
Storyline:
Twelve military convicts are recruited for a do-or-die assault on a French chateau in WWII. SJ
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- Capture 1
- 25 Sep 2015
Marvin arrives to pick up his dirty dozen. Ashridge House at Little Gaddesden near Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, with thanks to Tony Reeves. Other views of the location appear in 'Crooks in Cloisters' and 'Dracula: Prince of Darkness'.
Now Ashridge Management College, Lionel Sear went down "memory lane" with Cynthia to capture a scene from his past. (RL)
- Capture 2
- 25 Sep 2015
Savalas and Bronson among the convicts.
With no convicts available Lionel and Cynthia concentrated more on the tower. (RL)
- Capture 3
- 13 Mar 2023
On inspection. Hendon Aerodrome, London NW4, closed in 1968 and demolished. Ian McGreevy tells us that the white RAF bases are still visible on Aerodrome Way and Grahame Park Way near a convenience store. (SJ)
Denis Hoare provides this comparative shot taken from the corner of Colindale Ave and Aerodrome Rd on the right, with Grahame Park Way in the background. Having established the location and angle as a result of a map overlay Denis questions whether, certainly in 2023, that the 'white RAF bases' are visible and suggests that perhaps more recent concrete slabs, with multiple water covers, might have been mistaken for these. (RL)
- Capture 4
- 10 Jun 2020
On manoeuvres. Stephen Lee locates this as the junction of High Street and Pickford Road in Markyate, Hertfordshire.
Bang on by Stephen Lee. (SJ)
- Capture 5
- 23 Dec 2012
Further to the west, Aldbury in Hertfordshire which also appears in 'Crossplot', 'Inquest', 'Web of Suspicion', 'Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason', 'Parting Shots', 'You Can't Escape' and 'Stop Press Girl'.
Now. SJ
- Capture 6
- 23 Dec 2012
Aldbury, Hertfordshire.
Also seen in the dvd extra scenes of 'Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason'. SJ
- Capture 7
- 23 Dec 2012
And again.
Nice house, car, pond. SJ
- Capture 8
- 27 Mar 2018
Marvin is driven to the War Games headquarters: Bradenham Manor, Buckinghamshire.
Great matching photo by Peter Wilson with our thanks (SJ)
- Capture 9
- 10 Jun 2020
A picturesque village in Bucks or Herts, not too far from Borehamwood probably... now found, click the date.
Stephen Lee searched for water pumps in Hertfordshire and found a match. Chenies, about 10 miles from Borehamwood. (SJ)
- Capture 10
- 09 Apr 2017
Close-up of Borgnine observing the war games in the same place as above: Chandler's Cross, Hertfordshire, looking through the entrance to Yew Court Farm identified by Mike Lewis...I think this is a building in Little Gaddesdon, says Lewis Randall. Who is correct?
Lewis not only had the grace to admit a memory default but also proved it with this shot confirming Chandler's Cross. Well done, that man! (SJ)
- Capture 11
- 'Now' required
Bit dark, but this is the "Rennes chateau." sadly a set on the MGM backlot at Borehamwood. It looks a little like Waddesdon Manor though.
- Capture 12
- 'Now' required
Sutherland in front of the set to make it a dozen stills.