During World War II a German Colonel is captured by the Americans but before he can be interrogated an artillery barrage hits the camp. However, Ex-Lieutenant Kelly manages to reach the Colonel, get him drunk and learn that he is on a secret mission to ship $16,000,000 of gold to a base in France. Kelly is determined to get the gold and plans for himself and a few of his fellow soldiers to slip i... nto enemy territory and steal the bullion.
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Kelly's Heroes Explosive, funny, silly Second World War film starring Clint Eastwood and a barking Donald Sutherland as GIs out to get a little more than experience out of the war
"They set out to rob a bank... and damn near won a war instead!" was the publicity line for this violent, cynical, tongue-in-cheek Second World War movie, typical of a string of action-packed movies that derived from The Dirty Dozen (1967).
Kelly's Heroes concerns Private Kelly (Clint Eastwood), who learns of $16 million worth of gold bars behind enemy lines, and reveals a plan to steal it to his fellow soldiers. Kelly sets the heist in motion, backed by a colourful cast of characters that i...
