The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

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The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission ★★½ 1987

A second made-for-TV sequel to the '67 movie finds Borgnine ordering another suicide mission. Savalas (killed in the original, he's playing a new character) must pick 12 convicted army prisoners for an assault on a Nazi-held French monastery. Their mission is to rescue six scientists who are working on a deadly new nerve gas. Followed by “The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission.” 96m/C VHS . Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, Vince Edwards, Gary (Rand) Graham, James Van Patten, Vincent Van Patten, Bo Svenson; D: Lee H. Katzin.

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