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Play Dirty

Play Dirty

Forget the medals, throw away the rule book, if you want to survive… Play Dirty

19696.21h 58m

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.

Directed by André de Toth
Written by Lotte Colin, Melvyn Bragg, André de Toth
Produced by Harry Saltzman
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Top Cast

Michael Caine

Michael Caine

Capt. Douglas

Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

Capt. Cyril Leech

Nigel Green

Nigel Green

Col. Masters

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

Brig. Blore

Patrick Jordan

Patrick Jordan

Maj. Alan Watkins

Daniel Pilon

Daniel Pilon

Capt. Attwood (Blore's adjutant at Special Forces HQ)

Bernard Archard

Bernard Archard

Col. Homerton

Aly Ben Ayed

Aly Ben Ayed

Sadok

Enrique Ávila

Enrique Ávila

Kafkarides

M

Mohsen Ben Abdallah

Hassan

Themes & Keywords

meditativeawestruckcallousscathing

About Play Dirty

Play Dirty is a war, adventure, drama film released in 1969 exploring themes of meditative, awestruck, callous, scathing. Directed by André de Toth, it stars Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green. 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.

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