This humorous, lively, and entertaining picture could be described as a caper film set against a WW II backdrop. Lieutenant Kelly (Clint Eastwood) is an atypical Army man who, while boozing with a captured German general, learns of $16 million worth of gold bars behind enemy lines. Kelly
reveals a plan to his fellow soldiers: They will use their upcoming three-day passes to sneak into enemy territory, steal the gold, bury it, and return after the war to divide it among themselves. Kelly sets the heist in motion, blazing a trail of destruction en route, backed by a wonderfully
colorful cast of characters that includes Donald Sutherland as the appropriately named Odd...
Released:
1970
Rated:
GP
Length:
143 mins