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Lukas Heller has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1970s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Dirty Dozen.
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12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson

A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten

A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch
Following World War III, four survivors at a desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where they hope more survivors are living, using a specially built vehicles to protect themselves against the freakish weather, mutated plant and animal life, and other dangers encountered along the way.
Dir. Jack Smight · With George Peppard, Jan-Michael Vincent, Dominique Sanda
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