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The Dirty Dozen

1967 · directed by Robert Aldrich · 149 min
24,889 feet · Prominence
526th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw69

Lifetime worldwide gross $45m, re-releases included; about $448m in 2026 money.

Rank725 of 11,051In 19677 of 38

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise81

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics77 baseAwards35 signal → +4 lift

Oscars1 won Sound Editing3 nominated Supporting Actor, Film Editing, Sound
Golden Globes1 nominated Supporting acting
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy58

Judged directly: Template for every men-on-a-mission film.

Verdict58 of 100IMDb7.7 from 84kWikipedia29k views a monthAge59 years

Scored beside it · 638 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 69 praise 81 legacy 58averages 69, placing it at24,889 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Lee Marvin

In these careers — elevation for this film

Lee Marvin20,347 ftJohn Cassavetes19,550 ftCharles Bronson18,989 ftErnest Borgnine18,377 ftJim Brown18,330 ftGeorge Kennedy18,257 ftRichard Jaeckel18,013 ftDonald Sutherland17,666 ftTelly Savalas17,652 ftRobert Ryan17,649 ftRobert Webber17,642 ft