---
title: 'Kelly''s Heroes (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Brian G. Hutton'
released: '1970-06-19'
runtime_minutes: 144
certification: 'GP'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Yugoslavia'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/kellys-heroes-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065938/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Kelly's Heroes (1970)

1970 · GP · 144 min · Action, War · Yugoslavia, United States


## Synopsis

Kelly's Heroes is a 1970 American war comedy drama film directed by Brian G. Hutton and written by Troy Kennedy Martin. Set in 1944, during World War II, it follows a group of disillusioned American soldiers who discover a cache of 14,000 gold bars worth approximately $16 million hidden behind enemy lines and embark on an unsanctioned mission to steal it for themselves. The ensemble cast includes Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor and Donald Sutherland, with supporting performances from Harry Dean Stanton, Gavin MacLeod, Karl-Otto Alberty and Stuart Margolin.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Brian G. Hutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-g-hutton)
- **Screenplay:** [Troy Kennedy Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/troy-kennedy-martin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lalo Schifrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lalo-schifrin)
- **Producer:** [Sidney Beckerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-beckerman), [Gabriel Katzka](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-katzka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gabriel Figueroa](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-figueroa)
- **Editor:** [John Jympson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-jympson)

## Cast

- [Ross Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ross-elliott)
- [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- [Read Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/read-morgan)
- [Joe Mantell](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-mantell)
- [Harry Dean Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-dean-stanton)
- [Gavin MacLeod](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-macleod)
- [Telly Savalas](https://cinepixo.com/people/telly-savalas)
- [George Savalas](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-savalas)
- [John Landis](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-landis)
- [Richard Davalos](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-davalos)
- [Len Lesser](https://cinepixo.com/people/len-lesser)
- [Heinz Reincke](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-reincke)
- [Karl-Otto Alberty](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-otto-alberty)
- [Perry Lopez](https://cinepixo.com/people/perry-lopez)
- [David Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hurst)

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/kellys-heroes-1970
Film facts: Wikidata (Q756920); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.