Dirty Heroes

Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans

Cast

Frederick Stafford

as Joe Mortimer

Daniela Bianchi

as Kristina von Keist

John Ireland

as Captain O’Connor

Curd Jürgens

as General Edwin von Keist

Michel Constantin

as Sgt Rudolph Petrowsky

Helmuth Schneider

as SS-General Hassler

Howard Ross

as Randall

Fajda Nicol

as Magda

Adolfo Celi

as Luc Rollman

Anthony Dawson

as American Colonel

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