‘The Dirty Dozen’ turns 50 in 2017 so Tail Slate recasts it
In the early 1960s, director Robert Aldrich came across an outline for a novel by E. M. Nathanson. He tried to buy the rights and failed. MGM successfully bought the rights in 1963. The novel, The Dirty Dozen, was an instant best-seller when it was released in 1965. The title originated from a real-life combat…