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Part 6 of “The Dirty Dozen.” After many attempts to find some kind of unit cohesion, the 12 recruits finally make an improbable stand about their living conditions, and finally take back some form of control over their situation…an event that explains why the movie has it’s name. Also, the men have to go an receive a crash-course training program on how to parachute. When the unit arrives at the airbase, they have an expected welcoming committee waiting for them. Most folks nowadays probably won’t even catch the significance of Jim Brown’s role in this film, since it’s fairly commonplace to see major athletes play important acting roles in films. But at the time this movie was made, Jim Brown was the top leading rusher in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns. At the ripe age of 29, he decided to take on this acting role, and basically had to leave the NFL because the owner of the Browns refused to allow him to act AND be a signed player on his team. So after 8 seasons in the pros, and now being forced to make a choice, Jim Brown decided to take a chance and pursue an acting career instead. Many years later, Art Modell (the Brown’s owner) said in Spike Lee’s documentary “Jim Brown: All American” that his intransigence had been a mistake, and if he had to do it all over again, he would not have forced Jim Brown to make such a choice. In fact, looking at it now, such an ultimatum sounds freaking ridiculous to me…but it was a different time back then, and I guess the owners …