The Clint Eastwood Archive: September 2007

During World War II, Kelly (Eastwood), a former lieutenant demoted to private as a scapegoat, captures a German colonel in Intelligence and gets him drunk to try to get information. Before he is killed by an assaulting German tank, the drunken prisoner of war blurts out an interesting tidbit: there is a cache of 14,000 gold bars stored in a bank vault 30 miles behind enemy lines.

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Below: How Kelly's Heroes may have opened when viewed in UK cinemas with its original A certificate

To view the original trailer click below:

Kelly’s Heroes 1970 Clint Eastwood Donald Sutherland UK QUAD

Kelly’s Heroes 1970 Clint Eastwood Donald Sutherland Original Belgium poster, curious in the fact that Raymond Elseviers' bold design failed to show any of the actors faces

Kelly’s Heroes 1970 Clint Eastwood Telly Savalas Original Italian Locandina

Kelly’s Heroes 1970 Clint Eastwood Telly Savalas Original German A1 poster

Kelly’s Heroes 1970 DVD Clint Eastwood and Telly Savalas

Below: The Italian DVD

Kelly’s Heroes 1970 Original UK synopsis and cast press sheet
Kelly’s Heroes 1970 FOH set x 8 UK

Below: Close up example of UK FOH still

Kelly's Heroes 1970 Original Spanish Herald

Kelly’s Heroes 1970 Orig sheet music Burning Bridges, illustrated front cover

Kelly’s Heroes 1970 Orig U.S. sheet music Burning Bridges

Kelly’s Heroes 1970 Original folded U.S 1 sheet poster in very good condition
Kelly’s Heroes 1970 Original Spanish Press book, great full colour art

Kelly’s Heroes 1970 10 x 8 Press Stills b/w x 46 + 11 Colour

Kelly’s Heroes 1970 UK Original press book
Kelly’s Heroes 1970 The first ever UK Laserdisc, Kelly's Heroes was featured in MGM's first batch of releases, even though it was a Panned and Scanned version

Kelly's Heroes / The Cincinnati Kid Lalo Schifrin Chapter III CD

Kelly's Heroes 1970 7" Vinyl Burning Bridges Clint Eastwood, Picture Sleeve

Kelly's Heroes 1970 Rare Japanese 7" Single. Released on Denon ‎Records (CD-101)

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 Very Rare Spanish 7" single in Picture Sleeve Cat MGM Records ‎– 2006 011

Kelly's Heroes 1970 Lobby set x 16 French

Kelly's Heroes 1970 New CD soundtrack recording full complete original and re-recording FSM release

Kelly's Heroes 1970 Original U.S. LP with full colour artwork sleeve

Kelly's Heroes 1970 Orig USA Press book (with supplement)

Kelly's Heroes 1970 Original Tie in Paperback Sphere(Rare)

Kelly's Heroes 1970 Ultra Rare Original Japanese Brochure, lovely item

Kelly's Heroes 1970 Ultra Rare White Label Test pressing LP, White Sleeve

This was an extraordinary find, I was attending a car boot sale some 15-20 years ago, when I spotted a box of old vinyl, looking through I found this bit of vinyl with no ID marking, no writing on the sleeve or label. I took the vinyl out to take a look at the record's matrix and spotted the letters 'K H'...No? It couldn't be?

I almost convinced myself out of buying it, but finding out the price (10p)! I simply took the chance. And oh yes, sure enough, it turned out to be the Kelly's Heroes soundtrack! Quite amazing...

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 A set of 10 Italian photobustas

Below: Original set of 12 Spanish Lobby cards with Title card

Below: The Spanish 1981 re-release Lobby set of 12

Below: Kelly's Heroes advance Trade ad from July 1970

Below: A rare full page advertisement with press quotes

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970, The 2 U.S. 1 sheet designs

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 International 1 sheet design

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 A very rarly seen U.S. 1 sheet poster

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 U.S. Half Sheet Poster

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 Original Turkish 1 sheet poster (Thanks to Davy Triumph)

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 U.S. Lobby set x8 14x11

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 Japanese 7" single in Picture Sleeve by Putney Bridge on London Records ‎– TOP-1579

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 All For The Love of Sunshine sung by Hank Williams Jr.
Very Rare Italian 7" single in Picture Sleeve Cat No MG 70042

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 Rare 7" single in Picture Sleeve, Burning Bridges sung by The Mike Curb Congregation Cat No MGM 200 6011

Below: An even harder to find 7" vinyl single from Japan

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 This is the Original 1984 U.S. Laserdisc Panned and Scanned version Cat No ML 100168

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 The U.S. CED Video Disc Front

and reverse

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970, Here is the U.S. Widescreen Laserdisc (Cat ML 102040)

Below: The rarely seen Japanese Laserdisc for Kelly's Heroes

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 The superb Japanese 1 sheet poster

Below: Kelly's Heroes 1970 The Italian 2 foglio poster 39x55

Below: Kelly's Heroes U.S. Version of the tie-in paperback published by Lancer Books New York

Below: The Rare Polish film poster for Kelly's Heroes

Below: The U.S. Insert poster for Kelly's Heroes

Below: Kelly's Heroes Swedish Insert poster

Below Kelly's Heroes Australian Daybill poster

Below: Kelly's Heroes Danish 1 sheet poster

Below: Kelly's Heroes French Poster

Below: Kelly's Heroes Original Spanish 1 sheet poster

Below: Kelly's Heroes Original Radio Spots vinyl (Kal 064)

Below: Kelly's Heroes - All for the love of sunshine Sheet Music

Below: Some super photos taken during Kelly's Heroes

Below: An original cutting featured this great shot of Clint on his bike on location while a local kids looks on.

Below: Some Original Newspaper Advertisements

Below: This recent Blu Ray release contains both Kelly's Heroes and Where Eagles Dare

Original Reviews
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Alternate Title: The Warriors

Like M*A*S*H and Catch-22, both released the same year, this military comedy takes place in an earlier war but is really a thinly disguised treatise on the modern-day insanity and avariciousness then unfolding in Vietnam. Clint Eastwood stars as Kelly, a former lieutenant whose illusions about the glory of war, if he has any, are lost when he is busted in rank for following some poorly considered orders in World War II France. After capturing a friendly German officer, Kelly learns the whereabouts of millions of dollars in gold bars, earmarked to finance a military payroll. Taking advantage of a three-day liberty, Kelly assembles a motley trio of fellow soldiers to help him sneak behind enemy lines and retrieve the booty. They include Big Joe (Telly Savalas), a gruff sergeant; Crapgame (Don Rickles), a supply sergeant already enriching himself as a black marketer and con man; and the hippie-like tank commander Oddball (Donald Sutherland). Since crossing into enemy-held territory means heading in the opposite direction of the retreating Allies, Kelly and his men encounter armed resistance. Receiving word of their campaign, the vain General Colt (Carroll O'Connor) mistakes the quartet of freelancing scam artists for all-American heroes. ~

Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Title: Kelly's Heroes
Running Time: 145 Minutes
Status: Released
Country: United States, Yugoslavia
Genre: Comedy