Play Dirty
Play Dirty is a 1969 British war film starring Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green and Harry Andrews. It was director Andre DeToth's last film, based on a screenplay by Melvyn Bragg and Lotte Colin.
Plot
During the North African Campaign in the Second World War, Captain Douglas is a British Petroleum employee seconded to the Royal Engineers to oversee incoming fuel supplies for the British Eighth Army. Colonel Masters commands a special raiding unit composed of convicted criminals, and after a string of failures he is told by his commander, Brigadier Blore, that he must have a regular officer to lead a dangerous last-chance mission to destroy an Afrika Korps fuel depot, otherwise his unit will be disbanded. Despite Douglas's objections, he is chosen for his knowledge of oil pipelines and infrastructure. Douglas is then introduced to Cyril Leech, a convicted criminal rescued from prison to lead Masters' operations in the field.
More details
author | Melvyn Bragg |
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contentLocation | Libya |
director | André de Toth |
editor | Alan Osbiston Jack Slade |
events | World War II |
genre | adventure |
keywords | £ afrika korps army colonel bound and gagged british army british eighth army british petroleum british soldier cove deathbed eighth army force fuel depot gag gay couple injured italian army kill morning north africa north african campaign one by one port city pound sterling rescue royal engineers second second world war secondment steal string surround wait white flag world war |
musicBy | Michel Legrand |
producer | Harry Saltzman |
productionCompany | Lowndes Productions Limited |
publisher | United Artists |
theme | war |