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Play Dirty (1969)
A virtually unknown British masterpiece from the 60's.
11 July 2004 - 27 out of 31 users found this review helpful.
A virtually unknown British masterpiece from the 60's.
Its cynical and bleak portrayal of men in war is only matched by its lack of notoriety which is a shame considering how powerful the films message is. Admittedly Caine is a little wooden as the straight laced British Officer, but it is the much less known Nigel Davenport who steals the show as the hard bitten second in command. The films cynicism is the sum of it's ending which is suitably negative but still unsuspected. With all the flag waving war films out there its good to see the odd one which suggests the end never justifies the means.
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