Scott in PATTON, and O'Connor does an excellent job. The role is obviously a knockoff of George C. Carroll O'Connor THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE has an un-necessary but zany role as General Colt, a blustering officer who can't understand why his red-blooded American soldiers aren't cutting through the German army. Don Rickles is funny, too, in a smaller role as Crapgame - a rear-echelon supply clerk who goes along on the trek for a profit and gets more than he bargains for. He delivers some utterly 60s dialog with great style and is uproarious. Donald Sutherland THE EAGLE HAS LANDED steals the show, though, in a very offbeat role as a hippie-style tank commander. Ĭounterpart as the loud, short-tempered and cynical platoon sergeant.
The movie may be forty years old and the action scenes may be a little out dated for some people not me of course, the comedy is still gold. It's really funnyIf you are looking for a good movie to watch try Kelly's heroes. Then it cuts back to the fighting and now explosions are going off all over the place. A couple of seconds later he realizes it's a gold bar so he picks up the phone and yells fire. it then cuts to this guy lying in bed then an alarm goes off and in his haste he picks up a bar of gold instead of the phone and yells "fire". Then one of them ask about the air strike that is supposed to come in. They're all in jeeps and they're driving as fast as they can and Germans are all around them shooting and they're shooting back. An example that comes to mind is when the squad is first trying to cross enemy lines. One moment you're on the edge of your seat the next moment your laughing your butt off.
It doesn't disappoint.The most amazing thing about this movie is how the blend the comedy and action together so fluidly. I don't want to spoil anything so I would suggest to anyone who doesn't want to see the whole movie see that fight sequence. Probably the best fight in the movie is when the squad reaches the town with the bank in it and they have to face forty soldiers and three tiger tanks. It's not a real World War 2 movie unless there are bullets flying through the air, machine guns going full-auto, people dropping dead and explosions everywhere. The movie is pretty funny but comedy isn't the only thing this movie brings to the table. If that wasn't good enough this film also has the famous Clint Eastwood with his cold hard stare is perfect for the battle hardened leader Private Kelly hence the title Kelly's Heroes. Even from the first time he talks you can tell he is playing an idiotic hippie. Luckily for the film the actor Donald Sutherland did an amazing job bring the character to life especially the voice he uses. The one downfall off all the comedy scenes is that they all center around one character "Oddball". Unlike most movies about World War 2 that are action thrillers this movie is a comedy and there are definitely some very funny moments in this film. Of the 30 or so commentaries here- and do read them, as there are some excellent ones- only one was a detractor. But, hey, don't just take my word for it.
This is a great piece of satire that was overlooked, cast aside and has still survived to the delight of those of us who enjoy it again and again. Buffs will delight at seeing Harry Dean Stanton in a pre-Repo Man role and Richard Davalos who played James Dean's doomed brother Aron in East of Eden. And, you can see it again and again and find new business to laugh about.
The final confrontation scene between the three striding up to the German tank commander, with Sutherland loosening his side arm, ala Clint Eastwood in Fist full of Dollars is a riot. Sutherland's out-of-time-sync ".no negative vibes. The scenes where they tanks come out blasting the Germans to the tune of twangy Country-Western music is hilarious. Eastwood is at his clenched jaw, cynical best Savalas is great as the Sergeant big-guy Carrol O'Conner is riotious as the general Rickles is, well, Rickles. Plausible when you let go of the blood, guts and glory of the war film genre.